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upper bracket

collocation in English

meanings of upperand bracket


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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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Examples of upper bracket


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But, at the present rates of surtax in the middle or upperbracket, 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 the upperbracket—the "haves".
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In the finals, the team that prevails out of the upperbracket of 1-8-4-5 hosts the second leg.
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Wikipedia

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By 2000 the social structure included a politically active working class, a primarily clerical middle class, and an upperbracket consisting 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.
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.
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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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The suggestion has been made that there would be a free market in the upper brackets of houses.
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