(taxation) The move towards increased taxation when an inflation adjustment to a wage or salary pushes a taxpayer into a higher tax bracket (or, in a progressive taxation regime, further into a bracket).

plural of brain

The substance of a brain, as a material or foodstuff. / (informal) The figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brain

A breed of beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder. / (dated) A Brahmin

(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.

(Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. / (Hinduism) Alternative form of Brahman

A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India. / A breed of Indian cattle, Bos indicus.

(advertising) A consumer's perception of a brand.

(advertising) the degree to which an advertiser alters consumer perceptions of a brand without alienating the consumer by creating messages that do not fit with the brand's image.