taxation

[ tak-sey-shuh n ]

/ tækˈseɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of taxing.

the fact of being taxed.

a tax imposed.

the revenue raised by taxes.

Origin of taxation

1250–1300; < Medieval Latin taxātiōn- (stem of taxātiō) an appraising (see tax, -ation); replacing Middle English taxacioun < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin, as above

OTHER WORDS FROM taxation

tax·a·tion·al, adjective an·ti·tax·a·tion, adjective non·tax·a·tion, noun pro·tax·a·tion, adjective

re·tax·a·tion, noun self-tax·a·tion, noun

Words nearby taxation

tax-exempt, tax-free, taxa, taxable, taxaceous, taxation, taxation without representation, taxation without representation is tyranny, taxco, taxeme, taxflation

Example sentences from the Web for taxation

Taxes are an obvious benchmark, since right now, employed teenagers are literally subjected to taxation without representation.

Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, Too |Jillian Keenan |October 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The marginal rate of taxation applies much more heavily on the secondary wage.

Transcript: Thomas Friedman Interviews Hillary Clinton and Christine Lagarde | |April 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Taxation Without Representation” is on many license plates.

There’ are Gray Shadows in Tuesday’s DC Primary |Eleanor Clift |March 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Then, as if by magic, funds pour into the UK as clean capital, free from any taxation or further scrutiny.

Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy |Michael Weiss |March 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Not the talk of strategy or politics, munitions or taxation; not the discussions on fiscal costs or boots on the ground jingoism.

In War, What Remains |Artis Henderson |January 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This had coincided with a slight increase in taxation to produce discontent.

A History of Spain |Charles E. Chapman
He is exempt from taxation and from the payment at least of certain local rates.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 |Various
That taxation is very low indeed, and is levied under certain equitable laws.

A. D. 2000 |Alvarado M. Fuller
The collector has without my knowledge raised the taxation 40 per cent on the very poorest class of the population.

Sir Charles Napier |Sir William Francis Butler
Taxation in Canada in 1901 was $10 per capita, and but $7.50 per capita in the United States.

The Way to the West |Emerson Hough

British Dictionary definitions for taxation

taxation

/ (tækˈseɪʃən) /

noun

the act or principle of levying taxes or the condition of being taxed

an amount assessed as tax
a tax rate

revenue from taxes

Derived forms of taxation

taxational, adjective

Cultural definitions for taxation

taxation

A government's practice of collecting money from citizens and businesses within its domain to support its operations.

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