Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
Note: This is the more general word. See {Brace}, {Cantalever}, {Console}, {Corbel}, {Strut}.
2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also {crotchet}.
6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
7. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called {fork}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Bracket light}, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc.
Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bracketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracketing}] 1. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
2. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"The baby boomers are in the right age bracket to buy pleasure boats," he said.
That's equivalent to 7.76% for an investor in the 28% tax bracket and 8.34% for someone paying 33% in taxes.
The habit of watching CNN regularly rose from 21 percent in the youngest age bracket to 28 percent for people in their 50s and 60s. It dropped to 22 percent for viewers over 70.
Thus, the higher an investor's tax bracket, the higher the tax on stock earnings.
The latest yield is equivalent to 7.24% for an investor in the 28% tax bracket and 7.78% for someone paying 33% in taxes.
Outside, Santo Tomas has that familiar crouching look of the adobe church, the brown paint peeling here and there off the walls, its facade balcony surmounted by twin wooden turrets flanking a pierced bell bracket.
Aimed at the 6-12 age bracket, the renewed series will have innovations that include a toll-free phone number for watchers to call in to take part in games, interview guests and vote in polls.
The Democratic alternative would raise marginal tax rates on the wealthy to the same 33 percent paid in the bracket that covers the upper-middle-income.
Forecast profits of up to Pounds 25m put the shares, down 7p at 121 1/2 p, on a prospective multiple of 25, which clearly puts them in the recovery bracket.
With yields averaging 7.14%, according to the Bond Buyer, a municipal trade publication, investors in the highest federal tax bracket would need taxable yields of about 10.35% to match the average tax-free return of municipal bonds.
'I'm riding off into the sunset and will probably turn up as a belly dancer in Libya,' he adds. Although his pay-off is probably in the Pounds 200,000 bracket, TSW's greatest tribute is not trying to replace him.
But the safety bracket, two thick steel loops that normally hold a horizontal bolt, had worn through in two places.
Mr. Young would use a similar mutual fund approach for investors in the 31% federal income tax bracket who live in hightax states, but he would substitute municipal bond funds for the corporate bond funds.
For the shapes without the chichi price tags, Mazzuchelli is a name to look out for - most lie in the Pounds 59 - Pounds 69 bracket. Serengeti's is a good photochromic range - traditionally fashionable with toughened glass making them safe.
Women, especially those in the 16-35 age bracket, are also an important bloc.
While keeping the state income-tax rate the same for most and even cutting it slightly in the highest bracket, it would have eliminated the deductibility of federal income tax.
If you're in a low tax bracket, buy one that pays taxable income."
This higher bracket would cover income from all sources that exceeds $100,000 for an individual, $200,000 for a joint return.
Recently there have been signs that sales of houses in the medium-price bracket have also started to improve, said Mr Joe Dwyer, chief executive of Wimpey, the housebuilder.
Most of the projected new capacity within the 70-130 seat bracket, however, will be for aircraft with more than 100 seats, the spokesman added.
The latest tax-free yield is equivalent to a taxable 5.24% for an investor in the 28% tax bracket and to 5.46% for someone paying 31% in taxes.
That's equal to a taxable yield of 8.51% for an investor in the 33% tax bracket and 7.92% for an investor in the 28% tax bracket.
That's equal to a taxable yield of 8.51% for an investor in the 33% tax bracket and 7.92% for an investor in the 28% tax bracket.
In fact, most investors in the 28% tax bracket would need to find a taxable yield in excess of 11% to match a tax-free yield of 8.25%.
The latest yield is equivalent to a taxable 5.28% for an investor in the 28% tax bracket and to 5.51% for someone paying 31% in taxes.
Senator Bill Bradley believes that any attempt to reduce capital-gains taxes could "unravel" the coalition that passed tax reform, and lead a revenue-hungry Congress to consider a third, higher income-tax bracket.
Moscow originally said it intended to "bracket" the islands with the two test shots, but didn't after a strong U.S. protest.
For example, the 3.91% that Financial Program's tax-exempt money market fund is currently offering is equivalent to a 5.43% yield for investors in the 28% tax bracket, says Mr. Veronda.
As a side-effect, the well-to-do taxpayers who fall into this category are facing a 33 percent marginal tax rate on some of the extra dollars they earn above the 28 percent bracket.
That's equal to a 7.46% taxable yield for an investor in the 28% tax bracket and 8.01% for someone paying 33% in taxes.