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taxation

/tækˈseɪʃən/

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What does taxation mean?

noun

  1. The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
  2. A particular system of taxing people or companies
  3. The revenue gained from taxes.

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IPA pronunciation

/tækˈseɪʃən/

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The residue of the argument against the provisions of the Constitution in respect to taxation is ingrafted upon the following clause.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
He said "I will leave the taxation of America to some of my successors, who have more courage than I have."
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
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Next, there are the political relations, the cooperation in social control, in group government, in laying and paying the burden of taxation.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
The same rate of taxation which may easily be supported by a wealthy contributor will reduce a poor one to extreme misery.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
M. Chevalier might have added--and it would have been both new and true-- that that is the best thing about our taxation laws.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444