Taxation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Tax; sum imposed.

II. Taxation ·noun Charge; accusation.

III. Taxation ·noun The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.

IV. Taxation ·noun The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.