Dictionary

taxation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• tăk-sā'shən
• /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
   • 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. 2012 May 29, John Elkington, “Common threads in the Breakthrough Booklist”, in the Guardian:
2. (countable, uncountable) A particular system of taxing people or companies
3. (countable, uncountable) The revenue gained from taxes.
   • Less than one-tenth of the taxation is spent on public improvements of any kind […] 1904, The American Catholic Quarterly Review, volume 29, page 314:

Forms

Deriveds

retaxation · antitaxation · maltaxation · taxational · nontaxation · ecotaxation · overtaxation · detaxation · e-taxation · protaxation · stealth taxation · pretaxation · double taxation · hypertaxation

Relateds

render unto Caesar

Translations (58)

sl obdavčevanje (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · fr taxation (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · es tasación (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · mk оданочување (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · hu adózás (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · cmn 徵稅 /征税 (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · cs zdanění (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · fi verotus (particular system of taxing people or companies) · hu megadóztatás (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · hu adórendszer (particular system of taxing people or companies) · ka დაბეგვრა (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · uk оподаткува́ння (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · sk zdanenie (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · pl opodatkowanie (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · fi vero (particular system of taxing people or companies) · ka დაბეგვრა (particular system of taxing people or companies) · lo ງວດງາ (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ru налогообложе́ние (particular system of taxing people or companies) · el φορολογία (particular system of taxing people or companies) · tr vergilendirme (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · nl heffing (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ja 課税 (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · nl taks (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · et maksustamine (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · pt taxação (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · be падаткаабклада́нне (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · bg обла́гане с да́нъци (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ru систе́ма налогообложе́ния (particular system of taxing people or companies) · ru обложе́ние нало́гом (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · vi thuế khoá (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · el φορολογία (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · fi verotus (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ko 세제 (particular system of taxing people or companies) · hy հարկում (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · got 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (particular system of taxing people or companies) · nl belasting (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · enm taxacioun (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ru взима́ние нало́га (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ms percukaian (particular system of taxing people or companies) · id perpajakan (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · cmn 稅制 /税制 (particular system of taxing people or companies) · nb beskatning (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · da beskatning (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · oc taxacion (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · cmn 稅收 /税收 (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · fr imposition (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ro taxație (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · it tassazione (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ms percukaian (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ru налогообложе́ние (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · id perpajakan (particular system of taxing people or companies) · ko 과세 (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · hu adóztatás (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · de Besteuerung (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · ja 税制 (particular system of taxing people or companies) · es régimen fiscal (particular system of taxing people or companies) · lt apmokestinimas (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed) · sv beskattning (act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed)