tax dollar

collocation in English

meaningsoftaxanddollar

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tax
noun[C or U]
uk
/tæks/us
/tæks/
(an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you ...
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dollar
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɒl.ər/us
/ˈdɑː.lɚ/
the standard unit of money used in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and ...
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(Definition oftaxanddollarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They're a drain on thetaxdollar.
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The decree stated that 45 of eachtaxdollarwould go to the government and the other 55 to subsidize independent banana growers.
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The state ranks near the bottom, in 42nd place, in federal spending pertaxdollar.
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The program called for the state to audit the district, at no cost to local taxpayers, to identify ways the district could save tax dollars.
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This program is privately funded through corporate donations and uses no tax dollars.
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However, the authority is self-supporting and does not use tax dollars to fund its lending programs.
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Boman also claimed that public broadcasters should have invited the other candidates since it is supported with tax dollars.
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They argued that tax dollars would be better spent on other projects.
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Students that live outside the city may also attend but must pay tuition since they do not contribute tax dollars for the school.
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Trading volume would collapse, and there would be a dramatic shortfall in the tax dollars actually collected by the government.
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The program was free to broadcast and was paid for by tax dollars.
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The library received its provisional charter in 1976 and subsequently began to earn support through tax dollars.
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He resigned on the eve of his criminal trial for misappropriation of state tax dollars.
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Social programs like primary education and health care usually require large continuing subsidies, using up scarce tax dollars year after year.
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Their hope is to garner state tax dollars through grant and matching fund applications.
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For-profits also acquire the largest percentage of their overall revenue from federal student aid programs, highlighting tax dollars are potentially not being used efficiently.
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This revenue funds the day-to-day operations so that public tax dollars are not required.
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Instead, they used hidden cameras, hoping to capture footage revealing unexpected places that tax dollars are going.
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