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# taxman

«taxman» in Mova's school dictionary: **the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the taxman; a taxman, taxmen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) The taxman is the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as if it were one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#m1)

2) A person who collects taxes for the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk adults say «the taxman» when they mean the tax office (in the UK, HMRC; in the USA, the IRS). In old stories and the Bible a taxman (tax collector) was often disliked. Phrases: «pay the taxman», «owe the taxman», «the taxman takes a cut».

### examples

- Dad grumbled that the taxman takes a big part of his pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x1)
- You must tell the taxman how much money you earn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x2)
- In the story, the taxman came to the village every spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x3)
- Mum owes the taxman a little money this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x4)
- The shop has to keep records for the taxman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x5)
- In the Bible, Zacchaeus was a taxman who changed his ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x6)
- Everyone has to pay the taxman, even famous people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/#x7)

### note

Informal; plural «taxmen». Usually «the taxman», like a nickname for the tax office. Formal word: tax collector or tax authority. Not rude, but often said with a grumble.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taxman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taxman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.