taxation

UK/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/US/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,066 of 15,258mostly written

Taxation is the raising of money by the state from its citizens. Fair taxation, the taxation system, subject to taxation.

No taxation without representation was the American colonists' slogan and it is still the argument for the whole arrangement. Taxes fall into direct, on income and wealth, and indirect, on spending — and who really bears the cost is often not who writes the cheque. Note that the Latin means an appraisal.

Definitions of taxation

1nountaxationThe raising of money by the state from its citizens.B2+
“The government promised to reduce taxation on small businesses.”

taxation is a raising of revenue.

Where it comes from

Latin taxatio means a rating or appraisal, from taxare, to assess. Task and tax come from the same assessing.

Proto-Indo-European
*teh₂g-
Latin
taxātio — rating, appraisal
Anglo-Norman
taxacion
Middle English
taxacioun
English, today
taxation

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Politics & Society

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taxation in the wild

In economic terms (circular flow of income), taxation transfers wealth from households or businesses to the government.
Tax
One study suggests progressive taxation is positively associated with subjective well-being, while overall tax rates and government spending are not.
Progressive tax
A tax treaty, also called double tax agreement (DTA) or double tax avoidance agreement (DTAA), is an agreement between two countries to avoid or mitigate double taxation.
Tax treaty
Tax treaties tend to reduce taxes of one treaty country for residents of the other treaty country to reduce double taxation of the same income.
Tax treaty
Jurisdictions may enter into tax treaties with other countries, which set out rules to avoid double taxation.
Double taxation

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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