sinking fund

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Recent Examples of sinking fund For those who attend multiple weddings per year, a wedding guest sinking fund is probably a good idea. Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025 Anyone who does qualify for student loan forgiveness could use a sinking fund to pay your taxes. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 Start a sinking fund This time of year can be expensive because everything piles up at once. Emmie Martin, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024 But sinking funds into that pipeline would be a major gamble. Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2013 In Royal Oak, voters decisively approved the renewal of a millage that funds the school district's sinking fund. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2022 If approved, village will add $3,371 annually to a sinking fund so the shades can be replaced when needed. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 Building and site sinking fund millage proposals for things such as infrastructure improvements and repairs, security improvements and technology upgrades were on ballots in Grosse Ile Township Schools. Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2020 The interest and sinking fund is commonly known as the district’s debt service rate. Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinking fund
Noun
  • For now, Moscow’s nest egg looks safely out of European pockets.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Many of the shareholders lost the bulk of their savings — retirement nest eggs and emergency funds.
    David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Astin, Plimpton, Green, Feldman, Davi, and Pantoliano joined Josh Brolin and Ke Huy Quan in hunting down the trusty ship of notorious pirate One-Eyed Willy, hoping to happen on some treasure to secure their families' futures.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The cosmopolitan has roots in one town and one nation but treasures and learns from many other national streams.
    David Brooks, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After the exhibition closes, it will be sunk in the Pacific Ocean as a deposit for growing coral, part of Chang’s ongoing work with oceans and the environment.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
  • John and Melody put down a deposit of $10,000 for the unit.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025

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