Meanings
nountaxation (countable and uncountable, plural taxations)
plural taxations
- countableuncountableThe 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.
2012 May 29, John Elkington, “Common threads in the Breakthrough Booklist”, in the Guardian - countableuncountableThe revenue gained from taxes.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncharge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
Similar
taxrevenue enhancement
Broader
noungovernment income due to taxation
Similar
Broader
government incomegovernment revenue
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintaxātio“rating, appraisal”
- Anglo-Normantaxacion
- Middle Englishtaxacioun
- Englishtaxation
From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax + -ation.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian обла́гане с да́нъци
- обла́гане с да́нъци (oblágane s dánăci)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Chinese Mandarin 徵稅 /征税, 稅收 /税收
- 徵稅 /征税 (zhēngshuì)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- 稅收 /税收 (shuìshōu)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- 稅制 /税制 (shuìzhì)particular system of taxing people or companies
Czech zdanění
- zdaněníact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Danish beskatning
- beskatningact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Dutch belasting, heffing
- belastingact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- heffingact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- taksact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Estonian maksustamine
- maksustamineact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Finnish verotus, verotus
- verotusact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- verotusparticular system of taxing people or companies
- veroparticular system of taxing people or companies
French taxation, imposition
- taxationact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- impositionact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
German Besteuerung
- Besteuerungact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Greek φορολογία, φορολογία
- φορολογία (forología)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- φορολογία (forología)particular system of taxing people or companies
Hungarian adózás, adóztatás
- adózásact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- adóztatásact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- megadóztatásact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- adórendszerparticular system of taxing people or companies
Indonesian perpajakan, perpajakan
- perpajakanact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- perpajakanparticular system of taxing people or companies
Italian tassazione
- tassazioneact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Japanese 課税, 税制
- 課税 (kazei)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- 税制 (zeisei)particular system of taxing people or companies
Korean 과세, 세제
- 과세 (gwase)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- 세제 (seje)particular system of taxing people or companies
Lithuanian apmokestinimas
- apmokestinimasact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Malay percukaian, percukaian
- percukaianact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- percukaianparticular system of taxing people or companies
Norwegian Bokmål beskatning
- beskatningact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Polish opodatkowanie
- opodatkowanieact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Portuguese taxação
- taxaçãoact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Romanian taxație
- taxațieact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Russian налогообложе́ние, обложе́ние нало́гом
- налогообложе́ние (nalogoobložénije)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- обложе́ние нало́гом (obložénije nalógom)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- взима́ние нало́га (vzimánije nalóga)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- налогообложе́ние (nalogoobložénije)particular system of taxing people or companies
- систе́ма налогообложе́ния (sistéma nalogoobložénija)particular system of taxing people or companies
Slovak zdanenie
- zdanenieact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Spanish tasación, régimen fiscal
- tasaciónact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
- régimen fiscalparticular system of taxing people or companies
Swedish beskattning
- beskattningact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Turkish vergilendirme
- vergilendirmeact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Ukrainian оподаткува́ння
- оподаткува́ння (opodatkuvánnja)act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Vietnamese thuế khoá
- thuế khoáact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with taxation
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“taxation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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