upper income
collocation in Englishmeaningsofupperandincome
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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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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 ofupperandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He proposed a $1.3 trillion tax cut, rebates from which would go to all taxpayers, though disproportionately toupperincomefamilies.
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We have recoded this variable on a 3-point interval of lower, middle, andupperincomelevels.
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Nevertheless, the proportion using the contraceptive pill showed a considerable drop among women of theupperincomestrata.
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Despite this, and despiteupperincomehouseholds having slightly fewer adult members, these households earned more money in wage labour than did their low-income neighbours.
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Theupperincomepeople will obviously go on smoking as much as they did before.
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Villages are increasingly being forced into a mould where only relatively well-off middle andupperincomegroups can afford the cost of living in them.
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However one defines middle managers, however one defines theupperincomeearners, this group is a minority of people.
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Private enterprise will do it for theupperincomebrackets —we need not worry about them.
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As for advice and assistance, theupperincomelimit is raised from £114 to £118 a week and the capital limit from £800 to £825.
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There was anupperincomelimit.
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It is a very small rise as one gets into theupperincomebrackets.
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In both casesupperincomelimits were set.
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I do not argue that we should take away all the money which we pay to middle andupperincomegroup families.
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To speak about people disposing of a house for £5,000 as being in theupperincomebracket is absolutely ridiculous.
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For legal advice and assistance (the green form scheme) the regulations raise theupperincomelimit from £114 to £118 a week.
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