degression
Meaning
Noun
- Descent, the act of descending.
- Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (as tariffs etc.) below certain benchmarks.
- Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its importance or available space.
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Origin
- From Latin degressio, from degressus + -io, past perfect participle of degredi, from de- + gradi
- See digression.
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