a tax or payment of an equal amount for each person; the system of payments of this kind 人头税;按人摊派的费用;按人付费制度 a capitation allowance for books and equipment 书籍和设备的按人头补贴 a capitation fee for each pupil 按每个小学生的收费
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting the counting of heads): from late Latin capitatio ‘poll tax’, from caput ‘head’.