ETYM Latin capitatio a poll tax, from caput head; cf. French capitation.
A tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person.
Numbering of individuals; head tax.
ETYM Latin donatio; cf. French donation.
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another as a gift.
3. The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another as a free gift.
1. A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl.
2. The act of counting; SYN. counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally.
3. The total number counted.
1. The act or an instance of reckoning: as account, bill; computation ; calculation of a ship's position
2. A settling of accounts
3. A summing up
4. A bill for an amount due; SYN. tally.