taxation
noun
the act of taxing.
self-taxation
-
a word derived from
taxation.
Example Sentences
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Every allusion to the republican institutions of America, the right of suffrage, the right of self-taxation, the 'sunlight' of republican influence, was caught up by the audience with vehement applause.
From Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams
Self-government means the right of self-taxation; it means the right of financial control; it means the right of the people to impose protective and prohibitive tariffs on foreign imports.
From Indian Unrest by Sir Valentine Chirol
The resolution proposed a compromise; while it maintained the authority of parliament, it offered the Americans self-taxation.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
Ca'-canny would then mean self-taxation on a scale that no arguments could make popular.
From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark
When the first train arrived, the present self-taxation was not yet in existence.
From The Shield by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
