before deductions

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She took Social Security at 62 and receives about $1,500 a month before deductions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

So far, 1,176 claims, or about one-third of all applications, have been approved for payouts worth $800 million before deductions to pay lawyers, Medicare and other liens.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2020

Someone who works a forty-hour week and earns $7.25 an hour receives an annual wage of fifteen thousand and eighty dollars, before deductions for Social Security and Medicare.

From The New Yorker • May 21, 2015

Those incentives include Ireland’s low corporate tax rate, which stands at 12.5 percent, compared with 35 percent, before deductions, in the United States.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2014

If he sells it five years from now, the price must be $81 million before deductions for him merely to break even.

From Time Magazine Archive