Capitation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A poll tax.
  • n. A payment or fee of a fixed amount per person.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
  • n. A poll tax.
  • n. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A numbering of heads or individuals.
  • n. A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Numeration by the head; a numbering of persons, as the inhabitants of a city.
  • n. A tax or imposition upon each head or person; a poll-tax. Also called a capitation-tax.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    taxation    tax    revenue enhancement   
    Cross Reference
    capitation grant   
    Hyponym
    poll tax   
    Same Context
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