Together with the separate amount that the firm bought under its own name, the total purchases exceeded 35 percent of each of the two issues.

You pay duty only if your total purchases (including alcohol and other goods) exceed your normal duty-free exemption.

But rather quickly her purchases exceeded her available space.

If your purchases or sales from EU countries exceed an annual amount you must also complete the Intrastat supplementary declaration.

In all, their purchases exceed 220,000 tons.

Of course, a political impasse between the President and Congress cannot alone explain why America's purchases abroad are exceeding the sales of its goods.

Brokers are supposed to reduce the sales charges for customers whose purchases or holdings of a fund exceed certain thresholds, known as break points.

The deficit, the amount by which purchases of foreign goods exceed sales abroad, dropped 26 percent, to $5.3 billion.

The card will carry a $35 annual fee, which will be waived if purchases exceed $2,000.

In fact, purchases of fund shares during April, May and June exceeded redemptions by almost $60 billion.