go toward(s)
phrasal verb
went toward(s); gone toward(s); going toward(s); goes toward(s)
: to help pay for (something)
My extra income is going towards a new car.
Your donations will go toward better sanitation for refugees.
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Revenue would go toward improving transit services.
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Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
The 40-40-20 budgeting rule suggests that 40% go towards necessities like food, rent, and transportation.
—Keagan Ostop, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
While the custody case is ongoing, the father noted that the money previously allocated for alimony will now go toward his son's future.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
More than $20 billion would go toward the Department of Agriculture for disaster aid, while lawmakers also agreed on an additional $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, as well as about $8 million for oversight under the Office of the Inspector General.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
The 40-40-20 budgeting rule suggests that 40% go towards necessities like food, rent, and transportation.
—Keagan Ostop, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
While the custody case is ongoing, the father noted that the money previously allocated for alimony will now go toward his son's future.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
More than $20 billion would go toward the Department of Agriculture for disaster aid, while lawmakers also agreed on an additional $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, as well as about $8 million for oversight under the Office of the Inspector General.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Go toward(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20toward%28s%29. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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