taxation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxation (countable and uncountable, plural taxations)
- 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.
- A particular system of taxing people or companies
- The revenue gained from taxes
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Derived terms edit
Translations edit
act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
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particular system of taxing people or companies
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revenue gained from taxes — see tax revenue
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French taxacion, borrowed from Latin taxātiōnem. By surface analysis, taxer + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxation f (plural taxations)
- taxation
- Synonym: imposition
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: taxație
Further reading edit
- “taxation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
taxation
- Alternative form of taxacioun