Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US)To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.

Origin

Back-formation from capitation.

Back-formation from capitation.

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Forms

capitates, capitating, capitated, capitated
Base formcapitate · to capitate
3rd person singularcapitates
Present participlecapitating
Past simplecapitated
Past participlecapitated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycapitate
he, she, itcapitates

Past simpleLesson

all personscapitated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave capitated
he, she, ithas capitated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill capitate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
capitalistcapitalisticcapitalizecapitolcapitulatecapo

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