zakat
/zəˈkɑːt
/noun [mass noun]
Payment made annually under Islamic law on certain kinds of property and used for charitable and religious purposes, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.The introduction and organization of zakat in 624 A.D. encouraged accounting for the purpose of zakat calculation and payment....
- If they did not discharge your zakat according to Shariah, your zakat obligation will not be fulfilled.
- There is no income tax in Saudi Arabia, but there is an effective obligation to pay a religious tax called zakat, of about 10%.
Origin
Via Persian and Urdu from Arabic zakā(t) 'almsgiving'.
Rhymes
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion
- get-rich-quick
- get rid of