capitation
Americannoun
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a numbering or assessing by the head.
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a poll tax.
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a fee or payment of a uniform amount for each person.
noun
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a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
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a grant of money given to every person who qualifies under certain conditions
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the process of assessing or numbering by counting heads
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Origin of capitation
First recorded in 1605–15; from French, from Late Latin capitātiōn- (stem of capitātiō ), equivalent to Latin capit- (stem of caput ) “head” + -ātiōn noun suffix; see origin at -ation
Vocabulary lists containing capitation
Example Sentences
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No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017
Capitation by definition places the interests of doctor and patient in conflict, they argue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Capitation and direct taxes 317Direct taxes 317The Hylton case 317From the Hylton to the Pollock case 318Restriction of the Pollock decision 319Miscellaneous 321Clause 5.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
No Capitation Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census herein before directed to be taken.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
Capitation was a general poll or head tax, varying in amount according to whichever of twenty-two classes claimed the individual taxpayer.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
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