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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Vanderbilt football player Diego Pavia recently won a lawsuit against the NCAA that determined his seasons at the junior college level will not count toward his four years of eligibility, opening the possibility for more like Pavia to follow.
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Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
Catch up quick: Pavia sued earlier the NCAA this year, claiming the time players spend at a junior college should not count toward their NCAA eligibility.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Smaller shipments of up to 1,700 advanced GPUs would also not require licenses and would not count toward country’s chip caps.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
To determine a winner, all six scores on each event would count toward the team total.
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
Catch up quick: Pavia sued earlier the NCAA this year, claiming the time players spend at a junior college should not count toward their NCAA eligibility.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Smaller shipments of up to 1,700 advanced GPUs would also not require licenses and would not count toward country’s chip caps.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
To determine a winner, all six scores on each event would count toward the team total.
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Count toward/towards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/count%20toward%2Ftowards. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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