| 词汇 | confiscatory |
| 释义 | confiscatory adjective uk /kənˈfɪskətəri/ us /kənˈfɪskətɔri/ used to describe the act of something being taken away from someone by a government, etc.: Compulsory savings - which stay with you - are a lot less confiscatory than taxation. the confiscatory power of the state Examples of confiscatoryconfiscatory A confiscatory tax on benefits above the guaranteed level can be absorbed into the state-contingent tax shown in equation (6). Its maximum value, = 1, is the confiscatory rate. Indeed, with a confiscatory tax, investors realize that their portfolio decisions are irrelevant. For comparability, this section considers the extreme case in which the government uses a confiscatory tax to take away all assets in excess of the guaranteed benefit level. There is nothing novel, there is nothing outrageous, there is nothing confiscatory about the principle of such taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In its essentials there is nothing confiscatory in this proposal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important to understand that the values of the transactions are not the confiscatory values that are enshrined in existing legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Due to the confiscatory nature of death duties in earlier times, the state acquired all the benefits of the land, but none of the liabilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Presumably because they, like us, believe that confiscatory taxes are counter-produc-tive and easily evaded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have now reached in this country a state of taxation which is absolutely confiscatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our difficulty with this amendment is that, by insisting on the private sector, one has confiscatory legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been wild talk in this debate of confiscatory legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that this in itself is part of what is becoming penal taxation and, on the small man, almost confiscatory in its consequences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rates have been shown to be confiscatory as more and more people outside have begun to understand the full impact of the tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has a confiscatory effect; on debts of all kinds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of confiscatory These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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