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capitation.

Performing a headcount; the counting of people.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kapɪˈteɪʃən/
  1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A head tax.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed (and capped) periodic payment for each enrollee (i.e., per capita).

    countable · uncountable
  4. A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

    India · countable · euphemistic · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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