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   tax·a·tion

   /takˈsāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the levying of tax: "the progressive nature of taxation"
   • ▪ money paid as tax: "direct taxation was low"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘the assessment of a penalty or damages’; compare with tax): via Old French from Latin taxatio(n-), from taxare ‘to censure, charge’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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