count toward/towards

phrasal verb

counted toward/towards; counting toward/towards; counts toward/towards

: to have value as a credit or payment in relation to (something)

The credits you earned for this class count toward your degree.

—often used as (be) counted toward/towards

Fifty dollars will be counted towards your next bill.

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Though the final does not count toward league standings for either team, Milwaukee’s championship run puts a capper on an impressive early season turnaround. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024 Google Drive gives you 15GB, though Gmail attachments count toward that allotment. —

PCMAG, 16 Dec. 2024 He’s also proposed levying huge new tariffs, which, if enacted administratively, wouldn’t count toward any deficit reduction. —

Tobias Burns, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024 The stakes are little higher for NBA Cup games, which — other than final — also count toward a team’s regular-season record. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for count toward/towards

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