graduated tax

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsprogressive tax

   Broadertax

Questions about graduated tax

What does graduated tax mean?

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

What is another word for graduated tax?

Close synonyms include progressive tax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is graduated tax a common word?

graduated 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.