degressive
Adjective 1. Gradually decreasing in rate or amount: Describing something, especially a tax, that decreases in its rate or burden as the base amount increases, typically in a stepwise manner. 2. Decreasing by steps or stages: Describing a reduction that occurs not in a smooth, continuous line, but in distinct levels or increments.
The adjective "degressive" is a technical term, primarily used in economics, taxation, and formal descriptions of quantitative change. It describes a specific type of decreasing pattern.
Examples * In taxation: "A degressive tax system takes a smaller percentage of income as that income increases, but the decrease happens at specific income thresholds." (This contrasts with a purely "progressive" tax, where the rate increases with income, and a "regressive" tax, where the rate decreases smoothly.) * Describing a pattern: "The company implemented a degressive discount structure, where the discount percentage decreased with each subsequent tier of purchase volume." * Formal analysis: "The study noted a degressive trend in error rates as participants gained more experience with the software."
- Degressive Depreciation: An accounting method where the amount of depreciation charged decreases over the life of an asset. It is higher in the initial years and reduces in later years.
- Degressive Cost: A cost structure where the cost per unit decreases as production volume increases, but the rate of decrease slows down at higher volumes.
- Degressively (adverb): In a degressive manner.
- Example: "The fees are applied degressively, with the highest rate for the smallest transactions."
- Degressivity (noun): The quality or state of being degressive.
- Example: "The degressivity of the tariff was designed to protect small-scale local producers."
"Degressive" has a single, specific meaning related to a stepwise decrease. It is not commonly used in general conversation.
- Tapering: Gradually lessening. (Less technical, implies a more continuous reduction.)
- Diminishing: Becoming smaller or less. (More general.)
- Declining: Decreasing in strength or amount. (More general.)
- Progressive: Increasing in rate or severity in steps.
- Accelerating: Increasing in speed or rate.
- Cumulative: Increasing by successive additions.
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(of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount
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going down by steps
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