passive
Example Sentences
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“All of my clients leave their brokerage and IRA account in America and they don’t have to pay any Israeli tax on that passive income,” he said.
From MarketWatch
The system is designed to be passive and noninvasive.
First, U.S. sailors would use passive measures and contact the tanker by radio on an international channel.
“It was very important to all of us for Gladys to not be a passive character, a woman at home waiting for her husband while he was away,” says Schaller.
From Los Angeles Times
The underlying investors in passive funds have wildly different horizons.
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