HyperDic: graduated_tax

English > 1 sense of the expression *graduated tax*:
NOUN	possession	graduated tax, progressive tax	any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases

English > *graduated tax*: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaning	Any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases.
Synonym	progressive tax
Broader	tax, taxation, revenue enhancement	Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government