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tāke

1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to tax.

E tāketia ana ngā Hainamana katoa e tae mai ana ki Niu Tīreni nei (TP 3/1900:8). / All the Chinese arriving here in New Zealand are being taxed.

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2. (loan) (noun) tax.

Kei taua whenua he tāke mō tēnei, he tāke mō tēnā. / In that country there is a tax for this and a tax for that.

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