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taxation meaning

EN[tæksˈeɪ.ʃən]
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WTaxation
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  • NounPLtaxationsSUF-ation
    1. The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
      1. 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.
    2. A particular system of taxing people or companies.
      1. The revenue gained from taxes.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • 1993: Sheppard, Wilcox and Hartigan JJ — Federal Court of Australia report, Peabody v Commissioner of Taxation [1]
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.

      Meaning of taxation for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "taxation" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
            • Singularia tantum
              • Uncountable nouns
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