Word: out-of-pocket
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Whatever area of business they represent, A.A.A. men are practicing amateurs when it comes to settling commercial arguments. Their pay usually amounts to just enough to cover out-of-pocket expenses. Most of them are retired or well-enough established so that they do not have to go to the office every day. They serve as arbitrators for prestige or simply because they like the work...
...COUNTRY CLUBS & YACHTS. Deductible only if used more than 50% for business. Example: if a taxpayer uses his country club 75% for business, he may deduct 75% of the dues, plus out-of-pocket costs for entertaining customers at the club...
...Call, One Million. To transport the goods from manufacturers to Cuba, ten airlines, ten railroads, one shipping firm and a group of truckers chipped in with equipment and manpower-tax deductible at out-of-pocket cost. Even then, with the full ransom in hand or pledged, and with fast transportation assured, the whole effort almost fell apart. For Castro insisted on ironclad guarantees that he could collect cash for any goods not delivered, once the prisoners were set free. This meant a $53 million performance bond. Katzenbach flew to Montreal to seek such a bond from the Royal Bank...
These players are provided with "certain monies which we construe only to be out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the fact that we compel, of necessity, practices after school and also on Saturdays and holidays," says A. J. Anderson, general manager of the Edmonton Junior team," [monies] which insofar as we were concerned were an assistance to [the player] in completing his schooling and in defraying some of his room and board expenses...
Revived with Brandy. During his lifetime, he organized and largely supported six orchestras, and used his personal fortune so lavishly to bring new operatic productions before British audiences that he was once said to be out-of-pocket by a million pounds ("When I heard it," said Sir Thomas, "I fainted and had to be revived with brandy"). Almost singlehanded, he forced British orchestras away from their slavish loyalty to the Germanic tradition (Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner), won recognition for native composers (Williams, Delius), and introduced such composers as Dvorak, Smetana and Strauss to British concert halls. Perhaps no other conductor...