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Recent Examples of sinking fund
Anyone who does qualify for student loan forgiveness could use a sinking fund to pay your taxes.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Start a sinking fund This time of year can be expensive because everything piles up at once.
—Emmie Martin, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
But sinking funds into that pipeline would be a major gamble.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2013
In Royal Oak, voters decisively approved the renewal of a millage that funds the school district's sinking fund.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2022
If approved, village will add $3,371 annually to a sinking fund so the shades can be replaced when needed.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
Building and site sinking fund millage proposals for things such as infrastructure improvements and repairs, security improvements and technology upgrades were on ballots in Grosse Ile Township Schools.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2020
The interest and sinking fund is commonly known as the district’s debt service rate.
—Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2019
The school district’s property tax rate is comprised of two elements, a maintenance and operation rate and an interest and sinking fund, which are combined to create the tax rate paid by property owners.
—Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2019
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Start a sinking fund This time of year can be expensive because everything piles up at once.
—Emmie Martin, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
But sinking funds into that pipeline would be a major gamble.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2013
In Royal Oak, voters decisively approved the renewal of a millage that funds the school district's sinking fund.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2022
If approved, village will add $3,371 annually to a sinking fund so the shades can be replaced when needed.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
Building and site sinking fund millage proposals for things such as infrastructure improvements and repairs, security improvements and technology upgrades were on ballots in Grosse Ile Township Schools.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2020
The interest and sinking fund is commonly known as the district’s debt service rate.
—Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2019
The school district’s property tax rate is comprised of two elements, a maintenance and operation rate and an interest and sinking fund, which are combined to create the tax rate paid by property owners.
—Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinking fund
Noun
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They are designed to be a nest egg, allowing current money to be deployed in a way that benefits future generations.—
David French,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Do your best to create a nest egg of at least six months’ worth of your expenses.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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From the distant past in which no one quite knew what to make of the game to the present where no one can get enough of it, one thing has stayed a constant: Bell, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and Kansas City treasure, has been to every one of them.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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These knives range from elegant everyday tools to heirloom-quality treasures, blending functionality with artistic expression.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The mix of these columns and salt deposits produces a brine four times as salty as seawater, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publication.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The move brought the central bank’s key overnight deposit facility rate to 2.75%, marking its fifth cut since the bank began easing monetary policy last June.—
Ryan Browne,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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