**Pronunciation:** drain-ay-shun (rhymes with "inflation")
**Part of Speech:** Noun
**Definition:**
The gradual draining of money from circulation in the economy due to successive or repeated taxation on the same money as it changes hands through earning, spending, transfers, and transactions. This cumulative tax burden reduces overall purchasing power without appearing as overt inflation, effectively siphoning funds from the public to government coffers.
**Verb Form (optional addition):** Drainate (v.) – To subject money or the economy to draination.
**Part of Speech:** Noun
**Definition:**
The gradual draining of money from circulation in the economy due to successive or repeated taxation on the same money as it changes hands through earning, spending, transfers, and transactions. This cumulative tax burden reduces overall purchasing power without appearing as overt inflation, effectively siphoning funds from the public to government coffers.
**Verb Form (optional addition):** Drainate (v.) – To subject money or the economy to draination.
**Example Usage:**
- "Every time that dollar gets earned, spent, or resold, it gets taxed again—pure draination at work."
- "The economy suffered severe draination from layered income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes hitting the same money over and over."
- "People are waking up to draination: the hidden way governments shrink your wealth through repeated bites on every transaction."
**Example Verb Usage:**
- "Successive taxes drainate the currency, leaving less in people's pockets."
- "Every time that dollar gets earned, spent, or resold, it gets taxed again—pure draination at work."
- "The economy suffered severe draination from layered income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes hitting the same money over and over."
- "People are waking up to draination: the hidden way governments shrink your wealth through repeated bites on every transaction."
**Example Verb Usage:**
- "Successive taxes drainate the currency, leaving less in people's pockets."
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The act of drawing and painting simultaneously, typically using paint pens.
Used by moriah Elizabeth in her video, Fixing things I’ve ruined #2
The act of drawing and painting simultaneously, typically using paint pens.
Used by moriah Elizabeth in her video, Fixing things I’ve ruined #2
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