taxpay en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from taxpayer or taxpaying.
Meanings
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(transitive) To pay tax upon.
If he chooses not to bottle in bond, he taxpays the spirits in bulk at 100° proof and then, after taxpayment, reduces the product with water to any proof down to 80° (usually between 86° and 80°).
1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Excise Tax Technical and Administrative Problems:[…] affix to each package one or more internal-revenue stamps of the proper class and denomination as will fully taxpay the contents of such package, unless such stamp or stamps shall have been affixed abroad […]
1957, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic And Other Laws:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxpaid | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taxpaid | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| taxpays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| taxpaying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |