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degression|dɪˈgrɛʃən|
[ad. L. dēgressiōn-em going down, n. of action from dēgredī (see prec.).]
†1. Stepping down, descent. Also a textual variant of digression. Obs.
1486Hen. VII at York in Surtees Misc. (1890) 55 For your blode this citie made never degression. 1618Lithgow Pilgrim's Farewell, Thy stiffeneckt crew..misregarding God, fall in degression.
2. The decrease in the rate of taxation in a degressive scale.
1896Palgrave Dict. Pol. Econ. II. 244/1 Graduated taxation therefore technically includes progression, degression, and regression. 1906Westm. Gaz. 9 June 2/1 The income-tax so long planned in France..is English both in its taxation by schedules and in its exemptions of the less wealthy payers, though it effects the last-named result by a more complete scheme of ‘degression’ than is in operation here. Ibid. 31 July 5/3 If any change was made in the direction of degression by which everybody would first be taxed at the higher rate and then have to apply for abatements.
3. Bibliogr. See next, sense 2. |