overtax

Etymology

over- + tax

verb

  1. To tax to an excessive degree.
  2. To overburden.
    The overtaxed shaft snapped.
    The 310-mile Tokaido line is being built from Tokyo to Osaka, through the most densely populated and heavily industrialised area of the country, to relieve the existing 340-mile 3ft 6in gauge line, which is overtaxed by continually increasing traffic. 1963 January, “New in Japan: Tokaido line trials”, in Modern Railways, page 44

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