Sentences with «significant portion of one's income»
He and his fellow Oxford Methodists gave significant portions of their income to succor the poor and spent much time ministering to condemned prisoners (after a lifetime of lavish giving, Wesley died a relatively poor man). (christianitytoday.com)
One beneficial aspect of the modern age is that the growth of massive dependent classes — in America in particular, almost half of the citizenry rely on the government for significant portions of their income — and the growth in the money supply which results in significant inflation, has traditionally been «solved» by war. (thenextweb.com)
But it's certain that a significant portion of income came from earnings from the NBC reality show and Trump's heightened earning power as a result of it, which helped him in years to follow. (businessinsider.com)