income bracket
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincomeandbracket
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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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bracket
noun
uk/ˈbræk.ɪt/us/ˈbræk.ɪt/
either of two symbols put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing to show that what is between them should be considered as separate from the ...
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(Definition ofincomeandbracketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofincome bracket
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They are in the highestincomebracket.
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The hardest hit are those who are married, and who fall within theincomebracketof £10 to £15 a week.
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The rural topincomebrackethas about 30% of the population after thirty years as against about 8% at present.
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In fact, only one parent had not received at least a high school degree and only three parents were in the lowestincomebracket.
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Respondents belonging to the highestincomebracketwere more willing to introduce cut-backs both for income transfers and services than low-income earners.
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What sort of potential customers should it target in terms ofincomebracket, occupational category, and age group?
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Such information could be used to ensure that individuals are not classed with others of the same age, gender, social class orincomebracketwhen they, or their behaviour, differs.
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Even those in the middleincomebracketare not adequately catered for by the current system.
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He talks about people being in the higherincomebracket.
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In this way tax concessions could be given to executives in the higherincomebracket, without necessarily having to make the same concessions to companies.
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We are trying to raise the lowerincomebracketof the self-employed to exempt those on the lowest incomes from the increases.
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Where does that leave the bulk of my constituents who are at the lower end of theincomebracket?
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Many people in the middleincomebracketwere shocked, astonished and could hardly believe the figures when they were shown them.
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Forty per cent of women getting this benefit are in the top half of theincomebracket.
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Many council tenants are in the lowerincomebracket.
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They are not people in a highincomebracket.
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If we could copy something like loi monory, we could give those in the middleincomebracketthe opportunity to save.
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Why is he defining middle management as being in a lowerincomebracket?
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That should be set against the tax cuts that would primarily benefit those in a higherincomebracketwho are better off.
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We are of course talking about the £1,000 towards the tuition fee for the final and fourth year for those in the higherincomebracket.
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