percentage of income
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpercentageandincome
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percentage
noun
uk/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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income
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪŋ.kʌm/us/ˈɪn.kʌm/
money that is earned from doing work or received ...
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(Definition ofpercentageandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thepercentageofincomegoing in tax rises most considerably at the level of between £3,000 and £8,000 a year.
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What we need is apercentageofincometax payable for each level.
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The average loan as apercentageofincomeis much the same; that is, it is just over twice the annual salary.
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On page 86 there is another table giving thepercentageofincomethat the average household pays in tax.
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It was agreed that there should be apercentageofincomepaid for a flat-rate pension.
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The smaller the income, the larger thepercentageofincomewhich has to be spent on food.
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Percentageofincomespent on tailor's goods among rural men, 1811-1815.
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Adequate payment vehicles (such aspercentageofincome) should be used to help patients relate payment to a health benefit.
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Labour costs as apercentageofincomefrom production of a specific type.
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The number of products produced, distance traveled to market and number of weeks at market were also positively related to thepercentageofincomeobtained from farmers' market sales.
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The amount paid for gas or electricity, to have the grass cut or the windows cleaned, is not determined as apercentageofincome.
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I can counter that point with arguments about thepercentageofincometax that different social class groups pay.
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Those costs are fixed unlike the social fund which is not based on apercentageofincome.
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But if one looks at thepercentageofincometax in the total tax revenue.
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If we take house prices, then yes, they have risen as apercentageofincome.
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Indirect taxation, as apercentageofincome, means that the poorer contribute the most taxation to the state.
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The debate concerns the burden of taxation and thus thepercentageofincometaken in taxation.
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Such directions could, for example, specify an amount orpercentageofincomeabove which his consent is needed.
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The fact that thepercentageofincomethat families spend on education has not risen in 100 years is clear.
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Let us examine the basic facts of social security benefits as apercentageofincome.
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Although not charitable in their formal structure, they are non-profit-making and return a highpercentageofincometo contributors during stays in hospital.
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