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EPT

American  
  1. excess-profits tax.


Example Sentences

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Well, the next time I flopped a set – in the EPT Vilamoura – I put too few chips in.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2010

Example: Georgia's Southwire Co., which saw an opportunity to cash in on the South's utility expansion, had the ill luck to go into business in 1950 after EPT.

From Time Magazine Archive

The remaining 82% was EPT money which, if not spent, would have gone to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fully two-thirds of the inquiries have come from corporations, which can make scholarship contributions under EPT this year for as little as 18� on the dollar.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tax again made a rough sort of sense because the bulk of industry was mobilized and fared equally under EPT.

From Time Magazine Archive