count toward/towards
phrasal verb
counted toward/towards; counting toward/towards; counts toward/towards
: to have value as a credit or payment in relation to (something)
The credits you earned for this class count toward your degree.
—often used as (be) counted toward/towardsFifty dollars will be counted towards your next bill.
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Not all periods of repayment will count toward one’s loan credit under the federal government’s one-time program.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
That’s in part because slower forms of walking, like puttering around the house, aren’t necessarily intense enough to register as moderate-to-vigorous activity on a fitness monitor, but still count toward the number of steps taken.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 21 May 2024
These dollars aren’t even considered part of the General Fund and don’t count toward regular surplus projections.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
Supreme Court Justices, like other government officials, are only allowed to receive less than about $30,000 in outside income, but book income does not count toward that cap, allowing the Justices to enter into lucrative contracts with publishers about their lives and the law.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 7 June 2024
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
That’s in part because slower forms of walking, like puttering around the house, aren’t necessarily intense enough to register as moderate-to-vigorous activity on a fitness monitor, but still count toward the number of steps taken.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 21 May 2024
These dollars aren’t even considered part of the General Fund and don’t count toward regular surplus projections.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
Supreme Court Justices, like other government officials, are only allowed to receive less than about $30,000 in outside income, but book income does not count toward that cap, allowing the Justices to enter into lucrative contracts with publishers about their lives and the law.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 7 June 2024
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