Definition of "taxation" []

• The act or practice of imposing taxes. (noun)
• The fact of being taxed. (noun)
• An assessed amount of tax. (noun)
• Revenue gained from taxes. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "\ "\" No taxation without representation\ "is often mutated into \" no taxation\ "- witness California."
• "The question of fairness in taxation is not a mechanical formula."
• "Weigh-in taxation is the only way to REALLY solve this fatty problem."