capitation

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

• IPA^(key): /kapɪˈteɪʃən/

capitation (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.

• capitated

• antipatico