English-Thai Dictionary
capitation
N ค่าธรรมเนียม ต่อ คน kha-tham-niam-to-kon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CAPITATION
n. 1. Numeration by the head; a numbering of persons.
2. A tax, or imposition upon each head or person; a poll-tax. Sometimes written Capitation-tax.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CAPITATION
Cap `i *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation. ]
1. A numbering of heads or individuals. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.
2. A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.
New American Oxford Dictionary
capitation
cap i ta tion |ˌkapiˈtāSHən ˌkæpəˈteɪʃən | ▶noun the payment of a fee or grant to a doctor, school, or other person or body providing services to a number of people, such that the amount paid is determined by the number of patients, students, or customers: the increased capitation enabled schools to offer students an enhanced curriculum | [ as modifier ] : income capitation fees. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting the counting of heads ): from late Latin capitatio ‘poll tax, ’ from caput ‘head. ’
Oxford Dictionary
capitation
capi |ta ¦tion |kapɪˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the payment of a fee or grant to a doctor, school, etc. , the amount of which is determined by the number of patients, pupils, or customers that are served: [ as modifier ] : income from capitation fees. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting the counting of heads ): from late Latin capitatio ‘poll tax ’, from caput ‘head ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
capitation
cap i ta tion /kæ̀pɪtéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 C 人頭税, ポールタックス .2 U 均等割りの支払い [支払金, 料金 ].