Associations to the word «Capitation»

Wiktionary

CAPITATION, noun. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
CAPITATION, noun. A poll tax.
CAPITATION, noun. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee.

Dictionary definition

CAPITATION, noun. A tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke