taxation
Origin of taxation
1Other 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
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How to use taxation in a sentence
It’s just one of a series of new taxation strategies that a host of countries are embracing to adapt to a world transformed by the pandemic, technology and globalization in ways unimaginable even a decade ago.
It’s a classic case of “taxation without representation,” critics say.
Arguments for D.C. statehood grow stronger following Capitol attack and plans for inauguration violence | Aric Jenkins | January 12, 2021 | FortunePolicy advocates argue that traditional property taxation discourages people from using land productively by raising their costs if they want to make improvements.
These Cities Tried to Tackle Disinvestment. Here Are Lessons From What Happened. | by Haru Coryne and Tony Briscoe | December 30, 2020 | ProPublicaThe community’s impoverished farmers found their goods seized in taxation and used to feed the army.
These Pioneers Tried to Get the Confederate Flag Out of Mississippi 156 Years Ago | Fiona Zublin | December 3, 2020 | OzyEconomists have long understood that taxation can have a distortionary effect on our economy, discouraging things we want more of, such as commerce.
A Sixth Big Move for SANDAG’s New Transportation Vision | Joe Bettles | November 30, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
In America, low turnout is the new black eye for a country founded on “no taxation without representation.”
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe marginal rate of taxation applies much more heavily on the secondary wage.
They support progressive taxation, they support many or even most categories of government spending, and so on.
“taxation Without Representation” is on many license plates.
Regular taxation, monopolies, mortgages, and loans barely sufficed to provide for the budget.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAnd it cannot do this unless it continues to use the terrific engine of taxation already fashioned in the war.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockClearly, it was no mere question of taxation but the larger question of legislative independence that now confronted Americans.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerThe court said the game would not work, that for the purposes of taxation the concern must be regarded as an individual.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis provision also had the effect of preventing the imposition of taxation upon the community by means of railway rates.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for taxation
/ (tækˈseɪʃən) /
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
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Cultural definitions for taxation
A government's practice of collecting money from citizens and businesses within its domain to support its operations.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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