A tax paid by bloodshed; especially, a derogatory term for military conscription.

(historical) Any of several taxes levied in medieval Europe based on the number of hearths (fireplaces) in a property or community.

property tax, especially where the tax rate for property is determined in mills.

(taxation) A tax that is not visible to the consumer at the point of retail, having been levied on intermediate products, such as inputs to a finished product, or outputs from raw material production.

(slang, taxation) A levy or tax on digital storage products (e.g. iPods), levied at a per unit capacity rate, used to compensate content providers for piracy of their goods.

(informal, derogatory) The price paid by people purchasing Apple products, said to be higher than that of comparable alternatives.

The total revenue that a state, municipality etc. gets from all taxes.

(UK) The taxation paid towards the local government.

(computing, informal, derogatory) The licence fee for the Microsoft Windows operating system software that is pre-installed on many home computer systems.

(US, derogatory) The amount or rate of taxes.