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taxation
- /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”).
By surface analysis, tax + -ation.
noun taxations
- 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.
- A particular system of taxing people or companies
- The revenue gained from taxes. Less than one-tenth of the taxation is spent on public improvements of any kind […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tax, tax revenue, revenue, revenue enhancement, tax income, taxability, taxable, dutiable, levying, excise, levy, taxpayer, income, fiscal, charge, procurator
Translations
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noun act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
| Español | tasación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과세 gwase |
| 日本語 | 課税 kazei |
| 中文 | 徵稅 /征税 zhēngshuì, 稅收 /税收 shuìshōu |
| Português | taxação |
| Français | taxation, imposition |
| Deutsch | Besteuerung |
| Italiano | tassazione |
| Ελληνικά | φορολογία forología |
| Română | taxație |
| Русский | налогообложе́ние nalogoobložénije, обложе́ние нало́гом obložénije nalógom, взима́ние нало́га vzimánije nalóga |
| Tiếng Việt | thuế khoá |
noun particular system of taxing people or companies
| Español | régimen fiscal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세제 seje |
| 日本語 | 税制 zeisei |
| 中文 | 稅制 /税制 shuìzhì |
| Ελληνικά | φορολογία forología |
| Русский | налогообложе́ние nalogoobložénije, систе́ма налогообложе́ния sistéma nalogoobložénija |
Talk about this word "taxation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taxation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. taxation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taxation "taxation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taxation.Cite this
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title = {taxation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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