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Taxable adj.

Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.

(Law) That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs.

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Etymology of 'Taxable'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Taxable" Quotes from Famous Books

... hereafter will look for the like; so that we shall put an evil precedent on ourselves and our posterity; and in histories, it is to be observed, of all nations the English are not to be subject, base, or taxable." The Queen and her Ministers resented this outbreak of public spirit in the highest manner. Indeed, many an honest member of the House of Commons had, for a much smaller matter, been sent to the Tower by the proud and hot-blooded Tudors. ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... a corresponding political advance of that class. An oppressed class under the sway of the feudal nobility, an armed and self-governing association in the mediaeval commune; here independent urban republic (as in Italy and Germany), there taxable "third estate" of the monarchy (as in France), afterwards, in the period of manufacture proper, serving either the semi-feudal or the absolute monarchy as a counterpoise against the nobility, and, in fact, ...

— The Communist Manifesto • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

... is wrapped twice round the thinnest part of the neck, the ends of it are then put into each corner of the mouth; and if, when thus held in the teeth, it passes readily over the head, the subject is taxable. ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin

... clear to the Supreme Court of the United States. It made no end of trouble there. Two of the judges believed that an echo was personal property, because it was impalpable to sight and touch, and yet was purchasable, salable, and consequently taxable; two others believed that an echo was real estate, because it was manifestly attached to the land, and was not removable from place to place; other of the judges contended that an echo was not ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

Words linked to "Taxable" : assessable, dutiable, ratable, taxability, nontaxable, rateable, nonexempt, tax