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prize money

NOUN
winnable money
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This year’s prize money for a player who exits Wimbledon in the first round, at £80,000, already is high enough that some of it will be taxed at the 40% marginal rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Particularly if a player ends up losing in a tournament’s early rounds, the tax bill arising from playing in the U.K. for a few days can exceed the prize money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Moutet earned prize money of about £32,800 for reaching the second round at the ATP 500 event.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

FIFA’s prize money goes directly to national football federations, but each federation has the discretion to divvy up the funds however it wants, according to FIFA’s official governing documents.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Her fee was the prize money: a thousand dollars.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson



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