taxation

/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/

taxation noun: the act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.

Noun

taxation (countable and uncountable, plural taxations)

The 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
A particular system of taxing people or companies
The 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

taxation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

taxation in Hindi

कराधान

taxation in Tamil

வரி விதிப்பு, வரிவிதிப்பு, வரிவிதிப்பு முறை

taxation in Marathi

कर आकारणी

taxation in Urdu

محصول

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taxation in Bengali: করাধান, চাপপ্রদান, অত্যধিক খাটুনি
taxation in Telugu: పన్ను విధింపు
taxation in Malayalam: കരംചാർത്തൽ, നികുതിചുമത്തൽ, പിരിച്ചെടുത്ത പാട്ടം
taxation in Kannada: ತೆರಿಗೆ ವಿಧಿಸುವುದು, ತೆರಿಗೆ ಪದ್ಧತಿ, ತೆರಿಗೆ ಹಣ
taxation in Gujarati: કરવેરાની જોગવાઈ
taxation in Nepali: कराधान
taxation in Malay: percukaian
taxation in Indonesian: perpajakan
taxation in Vietnamese: thuế khoá

Examples of taxation in a sentence

Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.
Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.
He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation.

All 21 example sentences with taxation

Forms of taxation

plural	taxations

Plural of taxation: taxations

Origin of taxation

From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax + -ation.

Words formed from taxation

Words that rhyme with taxation

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Questions about taxation

What does taxation mean?: Taxation means the act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
What is taxation in Hindi?: Taxation in Hindi is कराधान. See Taxation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is taxation?: Taxation is a noun.
How do you pronounce taxation?: Taxation is pronounced /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/.
What is the plural of taxation?: The plural of taxation is taxations.

Words near taxation in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: taxation (page history and authors); taxation (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taxation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taxation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taxation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taxation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taxation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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