"overtax" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtæks/ Forms: overtaxes [present, singular, third-person], overtaxing [participle, present], overtaxed [participle, past], overtaxed [past]
Etymology: over- + tax Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|tax|pos=verb}} over- + tax Head templates: {{en-verb}} overtax (third-person singular simple present overtaxes, present participle overtaxing, simple past and past participle overtaxed)
  1. To tax to an excessive degree. Categories (topical): Taxation Translations (to tax to an excessive degree): surtaxer (French), υπερφορολογώ (yperforologó) (Greek), túladóztat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-overtax-en-verb-DuZMr5lh Disambiguation of Taxation: 54 46 Categories (other): English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'to tax to an excessive degree': 100 0
  2. To overburden. Categories (topical): Taxation Translations (to overburden): túlterhel (Hungarian), túlerőltet (Hungarian), megerőltet (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-overtax-en-verb-W85YVrgK Disambiguation of Taxation: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English verbs prefixed with over-, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'to overburden': 0 100

Inflected forms

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