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capitation

/kapɪˈteɪʃən/

capitation noun: performing a headcount; the counting of people.

Noun

capitation (countable and uncountable, plural capitations)

  1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
  2. A head tax.
    Synonyms:
    poll tax
  3. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed (and capped) periodic payment for each enrollee (i.e., per capita).
    • Capitation started out as a popular method for reimbursing primary care physicians/gatekeepers. Now capitated contracts can be seen in every area of healthcare... ... because of varying volumes, not all specialty care providers should be capitated at the same time. For example, higher volume...1996 The Capitation Sourcebook: a practical guide to managing at-risk arrangements ed. Peter Boland ISBN: 0-9652717-0-6
  4. (India, euphemistic) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

capitation meaning in Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian

capitation in Urdu

جزیہ

capitation in Kannada

ತಲೆಗಂದಾಯ, ತಲೆತೆರಿಗೆ, ತಲೆ ಎಣಿಕೆ, ಜನಗಣತಿ

capitation in Indonesian

system of remunerating health care providers
kapitasi

Synonyms of capitation

Forms of capitation

pluralcapitations

Origin of capitation

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”).

Questions about capitation

What does capitation mean?
Capitation means performing a headcount; the counting of people.
What is capitation in Urdu?
Capitation in Urdu is جزیہ. See Capitation meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is capitation?
Capitation is a noun.
How do you pronounce capitation?
Capitation is pronounced /kapɪˈteɪʃən/.
What is the plural of capitation?
The plural of capitation is capitations.

Words near capitation in the dictionary

  1. capitated
  2. capitately
  3. capitates
  4. capitatim
  5. capitating
  6. capitation
  7. capitations
  8. capitative
  9. capitatum
  10. capitayn
  11. capitayns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitation (page history and authors); capitation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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