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hortative

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hor·ta·tive  (hôrt-tv)
adj.
Hortatory.
[Late Latin horttvus, from Latin horttus, past participle of hortr, to exhort; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots.]
horta·tive·ly adv.
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Adj.1.hortative - giving strong encouragement
exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory
encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
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7) TEI is concerned, however, that such a hortative approach to the Nation's heretofore rules-based tax system could be counterproductive, ultimately disrupting routine business transactions by emboldening revenue agents or others to challenge any tax planning idea or transaction as a corporate tax shelter.
House Ways and Means Committee testimony: corporate tax shelters by Tax Executive
If P&R magazine will make us a few "offers we can't refuse," I'm confident the flow of hortative articles and communications to the magazine will increase appreciably.
Make us an offer we can't refuse by Curtis, Joe / Parks & Recreation
Although the legislation includes a hortative declaration that any new federal tax system should be approved by Congress in its final form no later than July 4, 2001 (to permit a six-month transition to the new system), there is no assurance that the principles underlying a replacement system could be agreed upon, that the new system's contours could be defined, and that meaningful and comprehensive transition rules could be developed in time to meet that ambitious deadline.
Proposal to sunset the Internal Revenue Code by Tax Executive
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