taxation
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/ noun
Forms taxations
- noun The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
- noun A particular system of taxing people or companies
- noun The revenue gained from taxes.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”).
By surface analysis, tax + -ation.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.
Etymology [F. taxation, L. taxatio a valuing, estimation, from L. taxare. See Tax.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “taxation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details