# taxation

> English word · Noun · IPA /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #9,550

## Definitions
1. The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
2. A particular system of taxing people or companies
3. The revenue gained from taxes.

## Etymology
From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”).
By surface analysis, tax + -ation.

## Common misspellings (12)
`atxation`, `taaxtion`, `taxaiton`, `taxasion`, `taxatino`, `taxationn`, `taxatoin`, `taxattion`, `taxtaion`, `taxxation`, `ttaxation`, `txaation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/taxation