Definitions for Taxation
tækˈseɪ ʃəntax·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tax, taxation, revenue enhancementnoun

   charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

2. tax income, taxation, tax revenue, revenuenoun

   government income due to taxation

3. taxationnoun

   the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. taxationnoun

   The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed

2. taxationnoun

   A particular system of taxing people or companies

3. taxationnoun

   The revenue gained from taxes

4. Etymology: From taxatio

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Taxationnoun

   Etymology: taxation, Fr. taxatio, Lat. from tax.

   1. The act of loading with taxes; impost; tax.

   The subjects could taste no sweeter fruits of having a king than grievous taxations to some vain purposes; laws made rather to find faults than to prevent faults. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   I bring no overture of war, no taxation of homage; my words are as full of peace as matter. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   He daily such taxations did exact,
   As were against the order of the state. Daniel.

   Various news I heard,
   Of old mismanagements, taxations new;
   All neither wholly false, nor wholly true. Alexander Pope.

   2. Accusation; scandal.

   My father’s love is enough to honour; speak no more of him, you’ll be whipt for taxation one of these days. William Shakespeare.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Taxationnoun

   the act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue

2. Taxationnoun

   the act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost

3. Taxationnoun

   tax; sum imposed

4. Taxationnoun

   charge; accusation

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. taxation

   The act, formula and process to levy a tax.

   The level of taxation had a specific formula and was applied justly.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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1. • Imposition

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Taxation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3820

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Taxation' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4737

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Taxation' in Nouns Frequency: #1570

How to pronounce Taxation?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Taxation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Taxation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Taxation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Taxation in a Sentence

1. Le Maire:

   And we also have to address the key question of minimum taxation and the risk of having a race to the bottom on taxation.

2. Vanda Felbab-Brown:

   But just like with many other insurgent groups, there is often way too much... mystique afforded to the drug economies. What competent, even moderately competent insurgents and, frankly, criminal groups do, is to simply tax anything in the area, where they have enough influence to be able to enforce the collection of informal taxation.

3. Sumit Gupta:

   Taxation of virtual digital assets or crypto is a step in the right direction. It gives much-needed clarity and confidence to the industry.

4. Paolo Gentiloni:

   The European Commission wants a global solution to bring corporate taxation into the 21st century – and we believe the OECD's two-pillar approach is the right one.

5. John Ruskin:

   Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

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