degressiveadj.

/dɪˈɡrɛsɪv/

Etymology: < Latin degress-, participial stem of dēgredī to descend.

1. In taxation: of or relating to schemes in which the rate decreases successively on sums below a certain limit.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > types or schemes of taxation

ad valorem1772

progressive1792

discriminative1797

indirect1801

progressional1883

degressive1886

regressive1888

soak-the-rich1935

wraparound1968

1886 H. Sidgwick Let. 7 May in Memoir (1906) vi. 447 Giffen inclined to back out of his advocacy of ‘degressive’ taxation.

1911 S. J. Chapman Outl. Polit. 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.

1962 Economist 1 Dec. 939/2 This tax..might be made ‘degressive’ (i.e. declining in rate each year).

2. Bibliography. (See quot. 1908².)

ΚΠ

1908 F. Madan in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 9 53 (title) Degressive bibliography.

1908 F. Madan in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 9 53 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.

1953 Library VIII. 20 Generalizations about degressive bibliography, a phrase increasing in popular esteem at the moment.

1963 Times 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.

Derivatives

deˈgressively adv. (Webster 1909).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	degressive
释义	degressiveadj. /dɪˈɡrɛsɪv/ Etymology: < Latin degress-, participial stem of dēgredī to descend. 1. In taxation: of or relating to schemes in which the rate decreases successively on sums below a certain limit. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > types or schemes of taxation ad valorem1772 progressive1792 discriminative1797 indirect1801 progressional1883 degressive1886 regressive1888 soak-the-rich1935 wraparound1968 1886 H. Sidgwick Let. 7 May in Memoir (1906) vi. 447 Giffen inclined to back out of his advocacy of ‘degressive’ taxation. 1911 S. J. Chapman Outl. Polit. 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. 1962 Economist 1 Dec. 939/2 This tax..might be made ‘degressive’ (i.e. declining in rate each year). 2. Bibliography. (See quot. 1908².) ΚΠ 1908 F. Madan in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 9 53 (title) Degressive bibliography. 1908 F. Madan in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 9 53 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. 1953 Library VIII. 20 Generalizations about degressive bibliography, a phrase increasing in popular esteem at the moment. 1963 Times 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. Derivatives deˈgressively adv. (Webster 1909). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1886
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