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a required payment of money to government by law

Tax (noun) means: a required payment of money to government by law. It emerges from money, government, law, pay: people must give money to government under rules established by law. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 19, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

tax.economic · forms: tax, taxed, taxes, taxing

Examples

Emergence

from: money government law pay payment required
through: people must give money to government under rules established by law

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.previousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timegovernmentL10 government.administrative: a group that makes rules for people in a placemoneyL16 money.economic: a resource that is a property of price and workflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.requiredL6 required.obligation: a condition that is a neednothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepriceL8 price.economic: the piece of a thing that be given in an interactionregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timecontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.wallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresystemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structureneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectcarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.relevanceL15 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.propertyL3 property.attribute: a state that a thing hasboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.payL18 pay.economic: give resource to another in return for goods or workforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionreturnL17 return.movement: to go back to a previous placefallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.receiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placeproductsL3 products.goods: thing that is after a change on matter and has a structuresetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbermotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.giveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to otherschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.backL16 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarypaymentL17 payment.economic: a transfer of money to satisfy a required obligationquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.rulesL9 rules.social: regular patterns that control how things are orderedrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not moveinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.resourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.lawL3 law.rule: a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thinggroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsdriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.substanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratesarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchgetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingswayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarycomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacesideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placetaxL19 tax.economic: a required payment of money to government by lawextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter has
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromtaxL19tax.economic — a required payment of money to government by lawmoneyL16money.economic — a resource that is a property of price and workgovernmentL10government.administrative — a group that makes rules for people in a placelawL3law.rule — a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thingpayL18pay.economic — give resource to another in return for goods or workpaymentL17payment.economic — a transfer of money to satisfy a required obligationrequiredL6required.obligation — a condition that is a need

Relations

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6