progressive tax


A tax that takes a higher proportion of large incomes than of small ones. (Compare regressive tax.)

Words Nearby progressive tax

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How to use progressive tax in a sentence

  • During the palmiest days of Greece—the days of Solon and Lycurgus—a progressive tax was a stern reality.

    The Arena | Various
  • All incomes unearned by productive work of hand or brain were subjected to a progressive tax, which reached fifty per cent.

    The Angel of the Revolution | George Griffith