noun
- a numbering or assessing by the head.
- a poll tax.
- a fee or payment of a uniform amount for each person.
noun
- a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
- capitation grant a grant of money given to every person who qualifies under certain conditions
- the process of assessing or numbering by counting heads
1610s, “counting of heads,” from Late Latin capitationem (nominative capitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of a verb derived from caput “head” (see capitulum). Meaning “levying of a poll tax” is from 1640s.