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.

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1. taxation

   Taxation is a financial system imposed by a government which requires individuals, businesses or other entities to pay a portion of their income or property value to support the government's services and functions. This levy can take numerous forms such as income tax, property tax, sales tax, among others. The funds collected through taxation are typically used to finance public goods and services, such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, and defense. Non-payment or evasion of taxes is usually considered a punishable offense.

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  

Matched Categories

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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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. 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.

2. Janet Yellen:

   It would help get at capital gains, which are an extraordinarily large part of the incomes of the wealthiest individuals, and right now escape taxation until they're realized.

3. John Ruskin:

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

4. James Otis:

   Taxation without representation is tyranny.

5. Joseph Sobran:

   People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=taxation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Taxation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=taxation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxation