different between capitation vs captation

English

Etymology

From Latin capitationem, from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap??te???n/

Noun

capitation (countable and uncountable, plural capitations)

1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
2. A poll tax.
3. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee.
4. (India, euphemistic) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

Related terms

• capitated

Translations

Anagrams

• antipatico

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captatio, captationis, from capto. Compare French captation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæp?te???n/

Noun

captation (countable and uncountable, plural captations)

1. (obsolete) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction

Derived terms

• hypercaptation
• hypocaptation
• normocaptation

Further reading

• captation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Noun

captation

1. Misspelling of coaptation.

Anagrams

• anaptotic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captatio, captationem.

Pronunciation

Noun

captation f (plural captations)

1. (law) inveiglement, captation.

Related terms

• capter
• captateur

Further reading

• “captation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).