capitation.
Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
Meaning & usage
Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
A head tax.
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).
A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”).
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