ordinary income

collocation in English

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ordinary
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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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 ofordinaryandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofordinary income

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Theordinaryincomedoes not meet (the expenditures).
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Assume that the tax rate t onordinaryincomeremains constant over time and that the after-tax return on taxable investments is given by r(1xt).
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Failing that, the commissioners advised that the house should be regarded asordinaryincome-producing charitable endowment until such time as the tenant leaves or becomes poor again.
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If he does, then he will have to gross any profit with hisordinaryincome.
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It does not seem to me that a disability pension can be regarded asordinaryincome.
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If they were simply contributions to a charity of his own choice, then he could pay them out of hisordinaryincome.
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What it does do is to ensure that we get meat sent to us without payment from ourordinaryincomethis year.
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You will pay yourordinaryincometax, but you will not come under any kind of special anti-inflation measures.
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The simple way is to administer it through theordinaryincometax and impose an additional tax on what is paid at the moment.
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Another possibility is taxing social security benefits in a rather different way from the way in which we taxordinaryincome.
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It should not be treated likeordinaryincomeor profit.
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In fact, in the early days of the tax, gains made in less than 12 months were charged asordinaryincome.
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I will add something for increase upon theordinaryincomeof the year: say it would probably add a million.
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Last year, apparently, there was anordinaryincomeof £776,000,000 and an ordinary expenditure of £732,500,000, leaving a surplus of £43,500,000.
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We have been discussing the problems ofordinaryincomeand expenditure.
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The payment was, in fact, both and part would be subject to capital gains and part toordinaryincome.
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That sum is additional to theordinaryincomeof individuals.
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It is not the case that savings have to dwindle to nothing:ordinaryincomesupport limits apply.
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I understood that it is and that it is treated asordinaryincome.
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They are not on low levels of income if you compare their incomes with theordinaryincomeof £100 per week.
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