ALL meanings of taxation without representation
tax·a·tion with·out rep·re·sen·ta·tion
T t - noun taxation without representation a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”. 1