I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
age bracket
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single people in the 40–50 age bracket
an age group/bracket/range
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Men in the 50–65 age group are most at risk from heart disease.
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The school takes in children from the seven to eleven age range.
an income bracket (= income level )
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In general, people in higher income brackets live longer.
angle brackets
in the ... age bracket
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single people in the 40–50 age bracket
square bracket
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The words in square brackets should be deleted.
tax bracket
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It may put you in a higher tax bracket.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
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It revealed that the main examiners of food labels were women, particularly and those in the higher socio-economic brackets .
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New taxes will also be introduced for high income brackets .
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Together, that amounts to an annual tax saving of up to £1,000, compared to cars in a higher tax bracket .
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Distributions are subject to ordinary income tax, and taking too large a distribution could propel you into a higher tax bracket .
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Again it came as no surprise that the winners were in all the higher price bracket .
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The rise is largely accounted for by rising incomes and profits which bring more taxpayers and companies into higher tax brackets .
low
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Additionally, when you retire, you may be in a lower tax bracket .
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Presumably, the student will have little other income, and therefore be in a low tax bracket .
square
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The square bracket shows the position of the insert.
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The square brackets reveal the position and length of the inserts.
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Note: Practitioners must decide whether they wish to include the words in square brackets .
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Unless otherwise specified, all fields have a maximum length of 20 characters, including colons, square brackets , etc.
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These are the plus, the stroke, the colon, the square brackets and the double colon.
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Remember that it must be 20 characters maximum, including square brackets .
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The numbers in square brackets are the absolute numbers, given to illustrate the incidence of both in the data.
upper
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People in the upper brackets of income have the opportunity to participate in the stock and bond markets.
■ NOUN
age
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He's in the right age bracket , forty-five, and from his responses today he would seem to be sexually maladjusted.
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The baby boomers reached the age brackets in which workers are normally highiy efficient.
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But we need to keep in mind that the figures for those in the older age brackets are obviously for survivors only.
angle
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Fix the batten in place with angle brackets , then attach the blind with touch-and-close fastener.
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A simple solution is to use small angle brackets which support the tile but are not actually fixed to it.
income
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New taxes will also be introduced for high income brackets .
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This is the income bracket that starts all the trouble and keeps a person on edge.
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Dataquest said only 12 percent in this income bracket owned computers.
price
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Collections in just about every price bracket offered interpretations of the equestrian or dandy themes.
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The showhouse will be one in the middle price bracket .
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If that's out of your price bracket ... there's always pork scratchings at 30 pence a bag.
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Again it came as no surprise that the winners were in all the higher price bracket .
tax
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We begin paying income tax at 25 percent once we move into the tax bracket .
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Name the ethnicity, tax bracket or wardrobe, and they were there in full force.
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Together, that amounts to an annual tax saving of up to £1,000, compared to cars in a higher tax bracket .
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Two investors, both in 28 percent tax bracket , save $ 2, 000 annually at 8 percent.
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In addition they estimated the implied income tax brackets associated with each dividend payout level.
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Why should you and I be in the same tax bracket as Steve Forbes?
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It's all to do with the £19,250 tax bracket and engines below 2 litres.
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The key is, does your tax bracket justify buying munis?
■ VERB
give
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The following cross-veins are the most important and their symbols are given in brackets .
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The zone numbers are given in brackets if the record is doubtful.
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Programme Directors are given in brackets .
use
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The heater unit is safely contained inside, clear of aggressive fish - use both the brackets supplied. 3.
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A simple solution is to use small angle brackets which support the tile but are not actually fixed to it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several companies have produced pension plans specifically for people in the higher income tax bracket .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A good ground is easy to find; hoisting lugs on the engine or the alternator mounting brackets make good grounds.
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A little ink bottle and two pens were fastened to its floor by gold brackets.
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A slender pointed cellular disrupter swung out on skeletal brackets.
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Hide the brackets by adding an edging of deep wallpaper border - backing it with stiff card for extra durability.
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Supplements in brackets apply to July and August departures.
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That same family, with the exact same buying power, would have been forced into the 40-percent bracket by 1980.
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The square brackets reveal the position and length of the inserts.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The airport's runway was bracketed on one end by power lines and on the other by a peach orchard.
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The strong U.S. economy of the 1980s was bracketed by two recessions.
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Unpaid amounts have been bracketed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All pipes should be bracketed to avoid accidental damage.
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But if the commonsense understanding of schooling is bracketed and belief suspended, another reality emerges, the life of the playground.
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Collision fenders were bracketed a few inches below the ends of the baulks.
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Immediately four faint, narrow lines appeared, bracketing a tiny and undistinguished star.
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Now his fate is to be for ever bracketed in the political record books with Austen Chamberlain.
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Sometimes it ignores lesbianism; sometimes it brackets it together with male homosexuality.
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The three ships swirled around my ship, neatly bracketing it as they matched its speed.