the restoration of displaced bones or organs by manual pressure alone

a motion or orientation of a cell, organism, or part in response to an external stimulus

the systematic arrangement of linguistic units (phonemes, morphemes, words, phrases, or clauses) in linear sequence

a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions

higher taxes will dampen consumer spending

a tax on fuel

they will have to pay tax on interest earned by savings

a tax bill

tax cuts

a strain or heavy demand

a heavy tax on the reader's attention

impose a tax on (someone or something)

the income will be taxed at the top rate

make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)

she knew that the ordeal to come must tax all her strength

confront (someone) with a fault or wrongdoing

why are you taxing me with these preposterous allegations?

examine and assess (the costs of a case)

an officer taxing a bill of costs