capitation vs cess

capitation

noun
  • A poll tax. 

  • Performing a headcount; the counting of people. 

  • 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. 

  • A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission. 

cess

noun
  • An assessed tax, duty, or levy. 

  • Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. 

  • The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage. 

verb
  • To levy a cess. 

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