HyperDic: progressive_tax

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

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