Definition
To remove or reduce taxes on something; to relieve from taxation.
Etymology
From de- (remove) + tax. A modern construction using the productive English prefix to create the opposite of taxation, likely 20th-century when tax policy became more complex.
Kelly Says
Detax is a perfect example of how English creates political/economic vocabulary on the fly—once taxes became complicated, people needed words to talk about removing them. Politics drives language innovation!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
税金 እንደ ነፃ
se-yin en-de ne-tsa
ARالعربية
عفو ضريبي
a-f-wu d-ra-bi
CACatalà
exempció fiscal
ex-em-p-ció fis-ca-l
CSČeština
saznaka daně
sa-zna-ka da-ne
DADansk
skatteadgang
skat-te-a-d-gang
DEDeutsch
Steuerabzug
sh-teuer-a-b-zug
ELΕλληνικά
αποστέρηση φόρου
a-pos-te-re-si fo-ru
ESEspañol
desgravación
des-gra-va-ción
FAفارسی
کاهش مالیات
ka-ha-sh ma-li-at
FISuomi
verotukea
ve-ro-tu-kea
FRFrançais
détaxe
de-taks
HEעברית
הקלה מיסוי
ha-ke-la mi-s-vi
HIहिन्दी
कर छूट
kar chhut
HUMagyar
adókedvezmény
a-do-ke-de-vez-men-y
IDBahasa Indonesia
penurunan pajak
pen-u-ran-an pa-jak
ITItaliano
esenzione fiscale
e-zen-zio-ne fis-ca-le
JA日本語
税金控除
zei-kin-ko-cho
KO한국어
세금 감면
se-geum gam-myeon
MSBahasa Melayu
penurunan cukai
pen-u-ran-an cu-kai
MYမြန်မာ
ပြည်သူ ပေးချေ
pyi-thu pe-che
NLNederlands
belastingaftrek
be-las-ting-a-f-trek
NONorsk
skattefradrag
skat-te-fra-drag
PLPolski
odliczenie od podatku
od-li-che-nie od po-da-tuku
PTPortuguês
desgravamento
des-gra-va-men-to
RORomână
exempție fiscală
ex-em-p-ție fis-ca-la
RUРусский
снятие налога
s-ny-tie na-lo-ga
SVSvenska
skatteavdrag
skat-te-av-drag
SWKiswahili
kupunguza kodi
ku-pun-gu-za ko-di
TAதமிழ்
வரி விலக்கு
va-ri vi-lak-ku
TEతెలుగు
పన్ను విజ్ఞప్తి
pan-nu vi-j-nap-ti
THไทย
ยกเว้นภาษี
yok-wen pa-ha-see
TLTL
pagpapababa ng buwis
pa-ga-pa-ba-ba ng bu-wis
TRTürkçe
vergi indirimi
ver-gi in-di-rimi
UKУкраїнська
зняття податку
zny-t-tya po-dat-ku
URاردو
ٹیکس ریلیف
taks re-li-f
VITiếng Việt
giảm thuế
ghim thu-e
ZUZU
ukusisa izinyembezi
oo-koo-si-sa ee-zi-nyem-be-zi