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Capitation

A numbering of heads or individuals.

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Tax 76% connected

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

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Taxation 76% connected

The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the pr…

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Defrayal noun · 78% connection

the act of paying money

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Defrayment noun · 78% connection

the act of paying money

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Disbursal noun · 78% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Disbursement noun · 78% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Economic science noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Economics noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Expending noun · 78% connection

the act of spending money for goods or services

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Expenditure noun · 78% connection

the act of spending money for goods or services

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Externality noun · 78% connection

the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"

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Financial adjective · 78% connection

involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"

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Fiscal adjective · 78% connection

involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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Good noun · 78% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Goodness noun · 78% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Government noun · 78% connection

(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"

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Outlay noun · 78% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Outwardness noun · 78% connection

the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"

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Payment noun · 78% connection

the act of paying money

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Words connected by meaning

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Amity noun · 78% connection

Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of am…

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Antenna noun · 78% connection

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually fo…

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Assemblage noun · 78% connection

A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

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Assemble verb · 78% connection

To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.

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Assembler noun · 78% connection

One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

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Atokous adjective · 78% connection

Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.

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Bankruptcy noun · 78% connection

A legal process for individuals or businesses unable to repay debts.

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Body noun · 78% connection

A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective w…

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Broil noun · 78% connection

A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

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Calamity noun · 78% connection

Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communiti…

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Census noun · 78% connection

A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease noun · 78% connection

a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the…

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