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  • 91bracket creep — noun Increased taxation arising from wage and salary increases pushing taxpayers into higher tax brackets, or further into such brackets, in a progressive taxation system. The wage rises here are those from keeping pace with inflation or similar… …

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  • 92bracket fungus — noun Any of various fungi of the family Polyporaceae, whose fruiting bodies form on trees and resemble shelves. Syn: shelf fungus …

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  • 93Bracket Creep — A situation where inflation pushes income into higher tax brackets. The result is an increase in income taxes but no increase in real purchasing power. This is a problem during periods of high inflation as income tax codes typically take a longer …

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  • 94bracket creep — process of rising into higher tax brackets as one s income rises in response to inflation (Economics) …

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  • 95bracket fungus — noun a fungus which forms shelf like projections on the trunks of trees. [Order Aphyllophorales: many species.] …

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  • 96bracket fungus — brack′et fun gus n. fng any of the leathery, corky, or woody mushrooms that grow shelflike on the trunks of trees • Etymology: 1895–1900 …

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  • 97bracket together — /ˌbrækɪt tə geðə/ verb to treat several items together in the same way ● In the sales reports, all the European countries are bracketed together …

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  • 98bracket fungus — noun a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures • Syn: ↑shelf fungus • Hypernyms: ↑polypore, ↑pore fungus, ↑pore mushroom …

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  • 99bracket capital — noun : a capital with one or more projecting brackets or corbels to help carry a beam or girder (as in Indian and Syrian architecture and in primitive styles) …

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  • 100bracket saw — Carpentry. a handsaw for cutting curved forms …

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