Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Past participle of forgo.
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- verb Past participle of
forgo
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Examples
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The current deduction costs nearly $80 billion a year in forgone federal revenues.
Housebound 2007
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The current deduction costs nearly $80 billion a year in forgone federal revenues.
Housebound 2007
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Experts also warn against making interest-free loans, which can prompt tax snarls such as the IRS calling the forgone interest a taxable gift.
How Low Rates Can Cut Your Tax Bill Laura Saunders 2011
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That popular vote which will be thrown about as a ringing endorsement in the weeks ahead has mainly been propped up by voters in what you can comfortably call forgone conclusion states.
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She has responsibilities as Miss California USA that she has now basically kind of forgone, and has aligned herself with an organization that has -- it's already a heated and polarizing issue.
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A more accurate transliteration of Marshallese might have forgone the b for a p, or spelled the word as the Marshallese do: Pikinni.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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A more accurate transliteration of Marshallese might have forgone the b for a p, or spelled the word as the Marshallese do: Pikinni.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Has anyone ever forgone a hard copy that they really needed for environmental considerations?
Michael Kaye: What Do Being Sustainable and Being Faithful to Your Spouse Have in Common? Michael Kaye 2011
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Has anyone ever forgone a hard copy that they really needed for environmental considerations?
Michael Kaye: What Do Being Sustainable and Being Faithful to Your Spouse Have in Common? Michael Kaye 2011
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Further, the city of Chicago is putting in about $20 million in a subsidy that comes from forgone future taxes on the site.
Academics of Real Estate Eliot Brown 2011
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