degression
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/
Etymology 1
From Latin degressio, from degressus + -io (“forming abstract nouns from verbs”), past perfect participle of degredi (“to descend by steps”), from de- (“down”) + gradi (“to step, walk, go”)
Noun
degression (countable and uncountable, plural degressions)
- (obsolete) Descent, the act of descending.
- 1486, Henry VII at York in Surtees Misc., 55:
- For your blode this citie made never degression.
- 1486, Henry VII at York in Surtees Misc., 55:
- (economics) Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (as tariffs etc.) below certain benchmarks.
- 1896, R.H.I. Palgrave, Dictionary of Political Economy, volume II, page 244:
- Graduated taxation therefore technically includes progression, degression, and regression.
- 1896, R.H.I. Palgrave, Dictionary of Political Economy, volume II, page 244:
- (publishing) Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its importance or available space.
- 1908, F. Madan in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, number 9, page 53:
- The principle of degression... It may therefore be worth while to suggest four forms for the description of a book, showing by degressive changes what details may fairly be omitted in short descriptions.
- 1908, F. Madan in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, number 9, page 53:
Related terms
- degressive
Hypernyms
- (taxation): graduation
Etymology 2
See digression.
Noun
degression (plural degressions)
- Obsolete spelling of digression.
References
- “degression, n..”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894. - “digression, n..”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1896.