- capitation
- cap|i|ta|tion [ ,kæpı`teıʃn ] noun count BUSINESSa tax or payment where the same amount of money is paid by each person
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capitation — [ kapitasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1584; bas lat. capitatio « impôt par tête » ♦ Féod. Impôt, taxe levée par individu. ⇒ prestation. ● capitation nom féminin (bas latin capitatio, taxe par tête) Autrefois, impôt, taxe par tête. ⇒CAPITATION, subst. fém. DR.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
capitation — cap·i·ta·tion /ˌka pə tā shən/ n [Late Latin capitatio, from Latin caput head] 1: a direct uniform tax imposed on each head or person: poll tax no capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid U.S. Constitution art. I 2: a unif … Law dictionary
capitation — UK US /ˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [U] FINANCE, GOVERNMENT ► payment to a medical worker based on the number of patients in their care: »In Britain general practitioners are paid mainly through a mixture of capitation and performance payments. ► an amount … Financial and business terms
capitation — cap i*ta tion (k[a^]p [i^]*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation.] 1. A numbering of heads or individuals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. A tax upon each head or person, without reference to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
capitation — CAPITATION. s. f. Taxe par tête. Payer la Capitation … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Capitation — Capitation, was Kopfsteuer … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
capitation — 1610s, counting of heads, from L. capitationem (nom. capitatio), noun of action from a verb derived from caput head (see HEAD (Cf. head)). Meaning levying of a poll tax is from 1640s … Etymology dictionary
capitation — ► NOUN ▪ the payment of a fee or grant to a doctor, school, etc., the amount being determined by the number of patients, pupils, etc. ORIGIN Latin, from caput head … English terms dictionary
capitation — [kap΄i tā′shən] n. [LL capitatio < L caput, HEAD] a tax or fee of so much per head; payment per capita: see also POLL TAX … English World dictionary
Capitation — La capitation est un impôt qui a existé dans la Rome antique et en France pendant l Ancien Régime. Le terme dérive du Latin căpĭtātĭo (« taxe par tête »)[1]. Il s agit d un impôt très proche de l’impôt par tête. Sommaire 1 Rome antique… … Wikipédia en Français
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