"capitation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kapɪˈteɪʃən/ Forms: capitations [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|capitatio|capitātiōnem}} Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} capitation (countable and uncountable, plural capitations)
  1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (performing headcount): henkilömäärän laskeminen (Finnish), luvun ottaminen (Finnish), conteo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-capitation-en-noun-e1OlWeJb Disambiguation of 'performing headcount': 85 7 3 4
  2. A poll tax. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-capitation-en-noun-yWXMLRcE
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (system of remunerating health care providers): kapitaatio (Finnish), kapitasi (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-capitation-en-noun-D33emg23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 30 41 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 12 61 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 12 44 18 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 10 53 14 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 11 51 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 14 11 49 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 11 64 14 Disambiguation of 'system of remunerating health care providers': 3 3 92 2
  4. (India, euphemistic) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission. Tags: India, countable, euphemistic, uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-capitation-en-noun-hzmB4RtZ Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0 100 Categories (other): English euphemisms, Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capitated

Inflected forms

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