Sentence examples for grossed up from inspiring English sources

"grossed up" is a correct and common phrase in written English.
It means to increase or adjust a number or amount to account for additional costs or taxes. Example: The salary offer of $50,000 will be grossed up to account for the cost of living in the city, bringing the total compensation to $60,000.

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Under her employment contract, she would also get another $5.6 million since those expected payouts are grossed up for taxes.

I believe that generally the findings still hold; the number needs to be grossed up to account for the passage of time.

Before the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Herb Jensen grossed up to $400,000 a year fishing for herring, salmon and crab.

Factoring in "Young Frankenstein," the 2008-9 season could have grossed up to 1 percent more money than the 2009-10 saidon, said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the Broadway League.

That is because the bonuses to Mr. Kozlowski and Mr. Swartz were "grossed up" to cover taxes on them -- something not done for the other five executives, who got smaller bonuses.

No other female singer is currently as influential; she's using her platform – and what a platform; the US leg of the tour grossed up to $11m a night – not just to sell her new Lemonade album, but to advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement, especially the lives of black women and girls, whose stories are in the fabric of Lemonade.

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The top film of the year so far is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a joint UK-US production from Warner Brothers, which grossed £49.2m up to September 23.

A "museums and libraries" category grossed $6.1 billion, up 4%.

A minister has honed his ideological credentials; columnists have extracted culture war content; tabloid journalists have parroted shamelessly grossed-up figures and patrolled Bondi beach for dole bludgers.

If you are a UK higher rate taxpayer, you can then reclaim 20% - 25% of the grossed-up value of the gift by including details on your tax return.

Stan Kroenke paid a grossed-up value of $750 million to take full control of the Rams in 2010.

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