capitation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
2. (countable, uncountable) A head tax.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
4. (India, countable, euphemistic, uncountable) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

Synonyms

poll tax

head tax

splitting

taxes

capitation tax

poll-tax

reckoned by head

polltax

tax per head

sharing

Translations

capitación

testatico

capitation

capitazione

Kopfsteuer

κεφαλικός φόρος

capitació

imposta pro capite

impuesto de capitación

ضريبة الأعناق

baş vergisi

Gemeindesteuer

Zahlung

💸

Anteil pro Kopf

Capitation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kapɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”).