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bracket
Noun
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A tax, income, or age bracket is a set of values with a bottom limit and a top limit or a group of people who fit between the limits.
In the 25 to 29 age bracket, 43 percent of men and 29 percent of women had never married.
Investors in the 28% tax bracket (taxable income between $32,450 and $46,200 a year) will pay less tax next year.
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A bracket is a punctuation mark used to set off extra information. The basic shape is round, like this: ( ), but the following are also brackets: [ ], { }, .
Weight is given in kilograms, while numbers in brackets show weight in pounds.
A common error in writing computer code is to forget to close your brackets.
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A bracket is one of a wide variety of pieces, usually metal, wood, or plastic that are used to support or connect machines or materials. Commonly brackets are L-shaped.
bracket
Verb
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If mathx/math is bracketed by mathy/math, mathx/math is between mathy/math.
Her desk was bracketed by bookcases.
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If two things are bracketed together, they are put together in the same group.
scaffold
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noun
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
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noun
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
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verb
provide with a scaffold for support
scaffold the building before painting it
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Simple sentences
The highest German income tax bracket begins at a relatively low income.