capitation vs cost

capitation

noun
  • 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 poll tax. 

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

cost

noun
  • A cottise. 

  • Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic. 

  • A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. 

  • Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. 

verb
  • To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. 

  • To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. 

  • To calculate or estimate a price. 

  • To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. 

How often have the words capitation and cost occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )