Associations to the word «Capitation»

Wiktionary

CAPITATION, noun. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
CAPITATION, noun. A poll tax.
CAPITATION, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

CAPITATION, noun. A tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King