A share taken by an authority to fund what is held in common. Also any recurring cost a thing imposes.
Latin taxare (to assess, to appraise, to handle), a frequentative of tangere (to touch); a share taken by an authority was named for the assessing hand that first had to touch and value what would be taken.
A share taken by an authority to fund what is held in common, or any recurring cost a thing imposes. Named for the assessing that has to happen before anything can be taken.