Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun taxation
3 senses of taxation
Sense 1
tax, taxation, revenue enhancement -- (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)
=> levy -- (a charge imposed and collected)
Sense 2
tax income, taxation, tax revenue, revenue -- (government income due to taxation)
=> government income, government revenue -- (income available to the government)
Sense 3
taxation -- (the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state)
=> imposition, infliction -- (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))