taxing

== English == === Etymology === Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæksɪŋ/ === Verb === taxing present participle and gerund of tax === Adjective === taxing (comparative more taxing, superlative most taxing) With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining. Burdensome, difficult, exacting. Synonyms: demanding, stiff ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === taxing (countable and uncountable, plural taxings) The act of imposing a tax. January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====