degressive

American  

[dih-gres-iv] / dɪˈgrɛs ɪv /

adjective

1. pertaining to a form of taxation in which the rate diminishes gradually on sums below a certain fixed amount.

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Other Word Forms

• degressively adverb

Etymology

Origin of degressive

First recorded in 1905–10; degress(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

Marc was right in more ways than one: the Team's "dual degressive" sidecut takes the hook out of turning/spinning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Weight charges levied on newspapers should at least be on a degressive scale.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

Contrasted with this method of growing differentiation, are the retrogressive modifications, which simply retrace a step, and the degressive changes in which a backward step is retraced and old characters revived.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

I have tried to show that the best and strictest conception of varieties limits them to those forms that have probably originated by retrograde or degressive steps.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

This process may be designated as degressive evolution; it obviously completes the series of the general types of evolution.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de