depletion allowance

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noun

a tax reduction allowed on income from exhaustible resources, as oil or timber.

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If Justin Bieber were Tom Brady's son, Brady would most likely be unable to afford his weekly allowance.
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This allowance worked for the state (Maria Theresa taxed their production).
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He received a regular allowance in return for his "discretion".
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It's here that you see the $130-million plus Catching Fire budget, upped from The Hunger Games' $78-million allowance, pay off.
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The full debt—or savings depletion—that families incur; not just student debt.
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A long, dreamless sleep took instant charge of him, for he was exhausted to a state of utter depletion.
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Freed from his presence, Black Sheep resolved that he should no longer be deprived of his allowance of pleasure-reading.
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The next stage in bankruptcy proceedings is the proving and allowance of claims.
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Consequently an amendment may be made diminishing the weekly allowance to a member who is sick, and also the time of allowing it.
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"Not such a very short allowance either," said the doctor quaintly, and therewith the dinner concluded.
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depletion allowance

A deduction from taxable income based on the eventual exhaustion or waste of a natural asset, such as an oil field.