capitation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cap=i=ta=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

capitation, n. [L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation.].

•  A numbering of heads or individuals.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
•  A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

capitation, n.
1 a tax or fee at a set rate per person.
2 the levying of such a tax or fee.

Idiom

capitation grant a grant of a sum calculated from the number of people to be catered for, esp. in education.

Etymology

F capitation or LL capitatio poll-tax f. caput head

ROGET THESAURUS

capitation

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.