单词 | capitative |
释义 | capitativeadj. Reckoned by the head (i.e. each person); per head, per capita. capitative tax: poll tax. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numbered or reckoned > of persons censual1613 capitative1828 1828 Oriental Herald 16 540 The Indian capitative tax. 1879 W. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Sept. 571 The capitative addition made by their [sc. the United States'] population to our commerce is larger than in the case of any foreign country. 1909 N. F. Dryhurst tr. P. A. Kropotkin Great French Revol. ix. 54 The King was to grant the capitative vote without distinction between the Three Orders in the matter of taxes. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 20 Nov. A middle option was the ‘capitative’ model, Pretorius said, where a medical aid fund paid a fixed sum per member each year to a health-care company. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1828 |
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