Taxation Meaning
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
nounA particular system of taxing people or companies
Sentence Examples
The people groaned under the burden of heavy taxation.
The people did not reach consensus on taxation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Heavy ____ reduces the amount of money people keep from their salaries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The system of ____ is designed to ensure that everyone contributes a fair share to the country's budget today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax + -ation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Heavy ____ reduces the amount of money people keep from their salaries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The system of ____ is designed to ensure that everyone contributes a fair share to the country's budget today.