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Definition of degressive in English: degressiveadjective dɪˈɡrɛsɪvdəˈɡrɛsɪv 1Reducing by gradual amounts. Example sentencesExamples - He added that in the complainant's case the compensation, paid at degressive rates over three years, would cost 18,000 Swiss francs.
- You repay the amount borrowed with a degressive repayment plan.
- If the barrel cannot be made very long, it is better to use a degressive propellant to achieve the maximum exit velocity in a limited distance.
- In between both extremes, there is a range of models of degressive proportionality.
- It must be degressive and be granted for no more than five years.
- 1.1 (of taxation) at successively lower rates on lower amounts.
Example sentencesExamples - Recent flat tax proposals are more similar to a degressive flat tax than to a ‘true’ flat tax.
- A switch to a degressive system would be associated with a shift in tax burden from lower to upper and especially middle income families.
- But why not go a step further and improve incentives across the board by creating a degressive tax?
- Taxes that affect lower income groups the most are degressive, while taxes that affect higher income groups the most are progressive.
Origin Late 19th century: from Latin degress- 'descended' (from the verb degredi, from de- 'down' + gradi 'walk') + -ive. Rhymes aggressive, compressive, concessive, depressive, digressive, excessive, expressive, impressive, obsessive, oppressive, possessive, progressive, recessive, regressive, repressive, retrogressive, successive, transgressive Definition of degressive in US English: degressiveadjectivedəˈɡresivdəˈɡrɛsɪv 1Reducing by gradual amounts. Example sentencesExamples - In between both extremes, there is a range of models of degressive proportionality.
- It must be degressive and be granted for no more than five years.
- He added that in the complainant's case the compensation, paid at degressive rates over three years, would cost 18,000 Swiss francs.
- If the barrel cannot be made very long, it is better to use a degressive propellant to achieve the maximum exit velocity in a limited distance.
- You repay the amount borrowed with a degressive repayment plan.
- 1.1 (of taxation) at successively lower rates on lower amounts.
Example sentencesExamples - But why not go a step further and improve incentives across the board by creating a degressive tax?
- Recent flat tax proposals are more similar to a degressive flat tax than to a ‘true’ flat tax.
- Taxes that affect lower income groups the most are degressive, while taxes that affect higher income groups the most are progressive.
- A switch to a degressive system would be associated with a shift in tax burden from lower to upper and especially middle income families.
Origin Late 19th century: from Latin degress- ‘descended’ (from the verb degredi, from de- ‘down’ + gradi ‘walk’) + -ive. |