degressive tax

1. 1.

   any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases

   Broadertax

Questions about degressive tax

What does degressive tax mean?

degressive tax means "any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases".

Is degressive tax a common word?

degressive tax is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.