overall share
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandshare
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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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share
noun
uk/ʃeər/us/ʃer/
a part of something that has been divided between ...
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(Definition ofoverallandsharefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The production of electrical energy from hydroelectric sources has also risen steadily over the years, but itsoverallsharein total primary energy has declined.
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Table 4 suggests to a limited extent that where occupational groups were decreasing inoverallshare between 1851 and 1881 they were also growing older.
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For the first time since 1974, the movement of grant from the shires has stopped and theiroverallshareof the grant total has increased.
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The concept that there is panic inoverallshareownership should be hit hard.
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We will not be making any decision on this until theoverallshareoffering has been firmed up.
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Strengthening passengers' rights makes a considerable contribution to promoting rail travel, which will result in an increase in theoverallshareof this mode of transport.
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Clwyd increased itsoverallshareof the total grant available, and my decision to recycle in full will give the county £2·6 million more grant than it initially claimed.
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Itsoverallshareof the markets in which it competes is around 40%.
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However, when all the local results are calculated nationally, the proportion of seats a party wins does not necessarily bare much relationship to itsoverallshareof the popular vote.
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In general, the smaller party/parties would be assured of gaining seats, and the larger party would be assured of obtaining a largeroverallshareof the vote.
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