We earned 600 dollars 'minus' travel expenses. [=the amount we earned was less than 600 dollars because we had to pay for travel expenses]
The lower 48 states are all the United States 'minus' Alaska and Hawaii. [=not counting or including Alaska and Hawaii]
The teacher said I could bring the C 'minus' up to a C if I studied more.
(..) I don't go to little girls' dance recitals! Opening launch bay doors. Commencing launch sequence. And we are good to go in T minus seconds. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six... Oh, yeah! Nice work, Doctor. All systems go. (..)2010 Despicable Me