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taxation

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Etymology edit

From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: tăk-sā'shən, IPA(key): /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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Noun edit

taxation (countable and uncountable, plural taxations)

  1. The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
    • 2012 May 29, John Elkington, “Common threads in the Breakthrough Booklist”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      Some of this will be down to breakthrough science and technology, breakthrough business models and breakthroughs in behaviour change, but we also need an intensifying focus on public policy, in areas like accounting, reporting and taxation, the last spotlighted by Shaxson.
  2. A particular system of taxing people or companies
  3. The revenue gained from taxes
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Translations edit

revenue gained from taxes — see tax revenue

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French taxacion, borrowed from Latin taxātiōnem. By surface analysis, taxer +‎ -ation.

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Noun edit

taxation f (plural taxations)

  1. taxation
    Synonym: imposition

Descendants edit

  • → Romanian: taxație

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Middle English edit

Noun edit

taxation

  1. Alternative form of taxacioun
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