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Compounding Rules


 * low-cost housing
 * lump-sum payment
 * most-favored-nation clause
 * multiple-purpose uses
 * no-par-value stock
 * one-on-one situation
 * part-time personnel
 * rust-resistant covering
 * service-connected disability
 * state-of-the-art technology
 * supply-side economics
 * tool-and-die maker
 * up-or-down vote
 * U.S.-owned property; U.S.-flagship
 * 1-inch diameter; 2-inch-diameter pipe
 * a 4-percent increase, the 10-percent rise


 * but
 * 4 percent citric acid
 * 4 percent interest. (Note the absence of an article: a, an, or the. The word of is understood here.)