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degressive, a.|dɪˈgrɛsɪv|
[f. L. degress-, ppl. stem of dēgredī to descend.]
1. In taxation, of or pertaining to schemes in which the rate decreases successively on sums below a certain limit. Hence deˈgressively (Webster 1909).
1886H. Sidgwick Let. 7 May in Memoir (1906) vi. 447 Giffen inclined to back out of his advocacy of ‘degressive’ taxation. 1911S. J. Chapman Outl. Pol. Econ. xxxii. 379 Degressive taxation means that large incomes are taxed at a higher rate than smaller incomes, but not in a degree which involves as great a proportional sacrifice for the former as for the latter. 1962Economist 1 Dec. 939/2 This tax..might be made ‘degressive’ (i.e. declining in rate each year).
2. Bibliogr. (See quot. 1908.)
1908F. Madan in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. IX. 53 (title) Degressive bibliography. Ibid., The principle of degression..that is to say, the principle of varying a description [of a book] according to the difference of the period treated or of the importance of the work to be described. It may therefore be worth while to suggest four forms for the description of a book, showing by degressive changes what details may fairly be omitted in short descriptions. 1953Library VIII. 20 Generalizations about degressive bibliography, a phrase increasing in popular esteem at the moment. 1963Times Lit. Suppl. 10 May 348/3 It is flying in the face of the degressive principle to repeat..title-page wording in multi-volumed books. |