Price add-on (3 letters)

{ Answer }

TAX

{ Related Clues }

Burden
Custom
Duty
Excise
Overburden
Strain
Tariff
Try
A 4/15 worry
Common add-on
I.R.S. payment
I.R.S.'s share
Kind of shelter
Line on a receipt
Pay cut
Press hard on
Push to the limit
Put a strain on
Weigh down
Word with withholding
Cash register calculation
Cigarettes have it
Make rigorous demands on
Purchase price addition
What an assessor assesses
Word after sales or income

{ Tags }

add, addition, assessor, burden, cash, common, demands, duty, levy, line, make, price, put, receipt, register, strain, tax, try, weigh, what, word

{ Notes }

The answer TAX is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TAX as a noun:

1. (tax, taxation, revenue enhancement) = charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

TAX as a verb:

1. levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"

2. (tax, assess) = set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

3. (tax, task) = use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"

4. make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"