degressive

[dih-gres-iv]

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• degressively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of degressive¹

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

Example Sentences

These have to compete with peers in auctions for degressive compensation payments up to 2026, after which no compensation will be paid and plants can be ordered to close.

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In 2007, MEPs proposed introducing an “undisputed mathematical formula” to implement the concept of “degressive proportionality,” stipulated in what was then the draft of the Lisbon Treaty.

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Seats are supposed to be allocated in a way that preserves "degressive proportionality".

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

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

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