luỹ tiến
Definition
- Adjective:
- Progressive: Describes something that increases in rate or amount in successive stages, often according to a scale. Most commonly used to describe a tax system where the tax rate rises as the taxable amount increases.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Thuế thu nhập ở nhiều nước là thuế luỹ tiến. (Income tax in many countries is a progressive tax.)
- Hệ thống thuế luỹ tiến đánh thuế cao hơn vào người có thu nhập cao. (A progressive tax system taxes higher incomes at a higher rate.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in formal, technical contexts such as economics, law, and public policy.
- It can conceptually apply to any graded scale where intensity or quantity increases step-by-step, though "progressive" is the standard translation.
Variants and Related Words
- Thuế luỹ tiến (n): Progressive tax.
- Thuế luỹ tiến được coi là một công cụ để giảm bất bình đẳng. (The progressive tax is considered a tool to reduce inequality.)
Synonyms
- Graduated: Increasing by regular steps or degrees.
- Tiered: Arranged in levels or tiers.
Antonyms
- Luỹ thoái / Thuế luỹ thoái (Regressive): Describing a tax that takes a larger percentage from low-income earners.
- Đồng đều / Tỷ lệ cố định (Flat / Proportional): Describing a tax that applies the same rate to all amounts.