From Longman Business Dictionarydiscriminatory taxdisˈcriminatory tax [countable, uncountable]TAXECONOMICS1a tax on particular producers intended to make it easier for other producers to competethe US discriminatory tax on imported petroleum2a tax on a particular activity that some people think is unfairA reduction in the capital gains tax would be but a small step in reducing the discriminatory tax burden on risk investment. → tax