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capitation

/kap-i-tey-shuhn/US // ˌkæp ɪˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən) //

按人头付费,按人头收费,按人头计算,按人头费

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a numbering or assessing by the head.
    • : a poll tax.
    • : a fee or payment of a uniform amount for each person.

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Examples

  • Local school and capitation taxes were optional with each county and public school district.

  • Public schools were initially supported by a Literary Fund and by one-half the capitation tax.

  • Gradually, all the capitation or poll tax money was transferred to the Literary Fund.

  • She wanted the Government to make the usual capitation grant to this new arrival.

  • Almost at the outbreak of the Civil War it also gave the king a graduated capitation tax.