capitation

capitation

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapɪˈteɪʃən/

Noun

capitation (countable and uncountable, plural capitations)

1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
2. A poll tax.
3. 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.
4. (India, euphemistic) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

Related terms

• capitated

Translations

performing headcount

Finnish: henkilömäärän laskeminen, luvun ottaminen Spanish: conteo (es) m

poll tax — see poll tax

system of remunerating health care providers

Finnish: kapitaatio (fi) Indonesian: kapitasi

Anagrams

• antipatico

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem.

Noun

capitation f (plural capitations)

1. capitation (tax)
2. (medicine) capitation

References

• “capitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.