taxation.

The system or process of imposing and collecting taxes.

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Words that belong together

• direct taxation
• taxation policy

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The report examined how taxation shifted the burden between households.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.