徴税|ちょうぜいchouzei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbtax collection; taxation
Conjugation
Dictionary form徴税する(ちょうぜいする)
Polite (masu)徴税します(ちょうぜいします)
Negative (nai)徴税しない(ちょうぜいしない)
polite (masen)徴税しません(ちょうぜいしません)
classical zu / nu徴税せず・徴税せぬ(ちょうぜいせず・ちょうぜいせぬ)
Past (ta)徴税した(ちょうぜいした)
polite (mashita)徴税しました(ちょうぜいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)徴税しなかった(ちょうぜいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)徴税しませんでした(ちょうぜいしませんでした)
Te form徴税して(ちょうぜいして)
Potential徴税できる(ちょうぜいできる)
Passive徴税される(ちょうぜいされる)
Causative徴税させる(ちょうぜいさせる)
Causative passive徴税させられる(ちょうぜいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)徴税すれば(ちょうぜいすれば)
tara徴税したら(ちょうぜいしたら)
Volitional徴税しよう(ちょうぜいしよう)
polite (mashou)徴税しましょう(ちょうぜいしましょう)
Imperative徴税しろ(ちょうぜいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym収税しゅうぜいWrittenWritten/formal prose and less common; it means collecting taxes and is synonymous with 「徴税」.
  • Related課税かぜいNeutralNeutral register. Means imposing the obligation to pay tax, as in 「課税対象」; it stresses levying, not collecting.
  • Related賦課ふかWrittenWritten/formal prose with an administrative flavor; means apportioning or levying taxes and fees.
  • Related賦税ふぜいWrittenWritten/formal prose and old-fashioned; refers to the taxes themselves (the tax burden) rather than the act of collecting them.
  • Antonym免税めんぜいNeutralNeutral register; the antonym — tax exemption, standing directly opposite to 「徴税」.

Use 「徴税」 for collecting taxes, as in 「徴税権」 and 「徴税業務」. Say 「課税」 for imposing the duty to pay, 「賦課」 for apportioning taxes or fees, and 「収税」 in written prose; 「賦税」 names the taxes themselves. The antonym is 「免税」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 税金ぜいきんを徴収ちょうしゅうすること。
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