zero out
phrasal verb
zeroed out; zeroing out; zeroes out
US
1
: to reduce the amount of (something) to zero
Be sure to zero out the account before you switch banks.
2
: to remove (something) completely
This program will be zeroed out in the budget for next year.
New legislation will zero out further funding for the project.
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Trump’s latest budget proposal also calls for zeroing out CPB funding.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 May 2025
Reports from several Bangladeshi news sources say that the country is prepared to offer the U.S. generous terms—a total zeroing out of duties on hundreds of U.S.-made products, to be exact—in order to placate President Donald Trump, who levied 37-percent tariffs on Bangladesh on April 2.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 21 May 2025
During a horizontal gaze test, the man showed zero out of six indicators of intoxication, the complaint said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
That bill, which passed out of the Mississippi House on January 17 and now awaits consideration in the Senate, cuts the state income tax rate from 4% to 3% this year and then phases the rate down another 0.3% every year for the next decade until the tax is zeroed out.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 May 2025
Reports from several Bangladeshi news sources say that the country is prepared to offer the U.S. generous terms—a total zeroing out of duties on hundreds of U.S.-made products, to be exact—in order to placate President Donald Trump, who levied 37-percent tariffs on Bangladesh on April 2.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 21 May 2025
During a horizontal gaze test, the man showed zero out of six indicators of intoxication, the complaint said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
That bill, which passed out of the Mississippi House on January 17 and now awaits consideration in the Senate, cuts the state income tax rate from 4% to 3% this year and then phases the rate down another 0.3% every year for the next decade until the tax is zeroed out.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Zero out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zero%20out. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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