extra income
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextraandincome
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extra
adjective
uk/ˈek.strə/us/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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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 ofextraandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofextra income
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A domestic weaver could contribute a maximum of 41.588 yen + her wages andextraincome+ to her family each year.
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Hence, if she left home to work as a domestic servant, her family would obtain 127.75 yen per year asextraincome.
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Most of theextraincomewas paid for by the hospital, and some came straight from drug retailers or companies.
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For some local magistrates, and almost all clerks and runners, lawsuits signified a source ofextraincome.
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The investigation of cotton spinning mills, above, provides a clue to estimating the amount of suchextraincome.
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To generate a littleextraincome, she grew mushrooms in the kitchen of her crowded and damp house.
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They traded-off equality forextraincome, even if the income has to go to one only.
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Finally, several respondents reported more personalised forms of expenditure now possible as a result of theirextraincome.
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For middle-income professionals with secure, well-paid professions, it is a way to generateextraincomefor fun and adventure.
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Thus, a female general servant could bring her family a maximum of 39.85 yen per year + her annual wage, allowances andextraincome.
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He was not very wealthy, and would have welcomed theextraincomefrom teaching midwives.
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In these terms the freedom to work was seen by respondents as important in its own right as well as for theextraincomegenerated.
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A simple undiscountedrate of return can be derived by dividing theextraincomefor the existing population by the cost of increasing birth control.
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Extraincomehas been generated by dairy farming, work on road and building construction, harvesting and transport of agricultural products.
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But many men appreciate theextraincomefrom working unsocial hours.
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However, both are unwilling to use these skills to earnextraincome.
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She could contribute a maximum of 339.75 yen + her wages, allowances andextraincome+ to her family each year.
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The 4 % improvement of fibre strength should be added to thatextraincome, since it increases the commercial value of the cotton fibre.
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A first step is to estimate theextraincomeenjoyed by those who are living because births were prevented.
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Offsetting pressure comes from households' wish to save part of theextraincome, and the disincentive to rapid investment from adjustment costs.
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