taxative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

adj

"We gather from this that the taxative machinery of the exchequer — that is, the visits of the barons to the different towns and county courts for the purpose of rating the feudal aids and assessing Danegeld — […]"
"They are merely demonstrative, not taxative."
"It was held that the description was indicative of the identity of the lands, but not taxative as to the extent."

Related to taxation and taxing. Compare the German taxativ.

taxatively

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