taxation
noun/tækˈseɪʃn/
/tækˈseɪʃn/
[uncountable]- money that has to be paid as taxes
- to reduce taxation
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- The hospital was funded from taxation.
- the inability to levy sufficient taxation to meet the costs of government
- If the government raises direct taxation, it will lose votes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excessive
- heavy
- high
- …
- level
- rate
- levy
- increase
- raise
- …
- policy
- system
- after taxation
- before taxation
- from taxation
- …
- the burden of taxation
- a form of taxation
- for taxation purposes
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- the system of collecting money by taxes
- changes in the taxation structure
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- the power to raise funds through taxation
- the proposal to eliminate the double taxation of dividends
- The poll tax was a very unpopular form of taxation.
- Any profits made are totally exempt from taxation.
- The charge was seen as just another form of taxation.
- They were treated as a married couple for taxation purposes.
- The loss before taxation was $2.7 million.
- The party's policy is to reduce the burden of taxation on the poor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excessive
- heavy
- high
- …
- level
- rate
- levy
- increase
- raise
- …
- policy
- system
- after taxation
- before taxation
- from taxation
- …
- the burden of taxation
- a form of taxation
- for taxation purposes
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘the assessment of a penalty or damages’): via Old French from Latin taxatio(n-), from taxare ‘to censure, charge’.
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