upper bracket

collocation in English

meaningsofupperandbracket

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upper
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌp.ər/us
/ˈʌp.ɚ/
at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part ...
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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 ofupperandbracketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofupper bracket

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But, at the present rates of surtax in the middle orupperbracket, who can put by enough for his old age retirement?
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I consider that those who have already bought and those who, happily for them, will buy will be moved into theupperbracket—the "haves".
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In the finals, the team that prevails out of theupperbracketof 1-8-4-5 hosts the second leg.
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By 2000 the social structure included a politically active working class, a primarily clerical middle class, and anupperbracketconsisting of managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals.
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Cutting taxes, especially on the upper brackets, would unleash entrepreneurial spirit, resulting in greater savings, wages, and economic growth.
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The converse held as well: tax cuts, especially on the upper brackets, offered the surest route to a permanent increase in growth, investment, and productivity.
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I wish to draw his attention to the punitively high rate of tax which those in the upper brackets have to bear.
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They have grave problems as well, especially those who are on low pay, and therefore need more help than those in the upper brackets.
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They would be people with personal incomes in the upper brackets.
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The suggestion has been made that there would be a free market in the upper brackets of houses.
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