sinking fund

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Recent Examples of sinking fund 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 The school district’s property tax rate is comprised of two elements, a maintenance and operation rate and an interest and sinking fund, which are combined to create the tax rate paid by property owners. Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2019
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Noun
  • But whatever your age or career trajectory, a messy collection can be thought of as a nest egg set aside for a next-level watch purchase.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
  • According to the strategy, retirees tap 4% of their nest egg the first year.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • By bringing back to the fold a lost treasure from the storied past.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable artifacts from Viking graves in Norway — all thanks to a pair of metal detectorists who unwittingly stumbled across the treasure.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025

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