undistributed
Britishadjective
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logic (of a term) referring only to some members of the class designated by the term, as doctors in some doctors are overworked
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commerce (of a profit) not paid in dividends to the shareholders of a company but retained to help finance its trading
Example Sentences
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One of the writers, Washington attorney David B. Rivkin, had helped write an appeal petition asking the court to take up a major tax case and rule the Constitution forbids levies on undistributed corporate profits.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
And the health-care industry and its advocates are now leaning harder than ever on HHS to release the undistributed funds.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2021
A year later, it instituted a tax on undistributed corporate profits, in theory giving businesses an incentive to disburse more earnings to workers.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced said she wanted answers within 48 hours over the undistributed aid.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2020
The minor term, therefore, is undistributed, and the conclusion must be particular.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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