CAPITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capitation mean? 

• CAPITATION (noun)
  The noun CAPITATION has 1 sense:

1. a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person

  Familiarity information: CAPITATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("capitation" is a kind of...):

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitation"):

poll tax (a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote)