personal fortune

collocation in English

meaningsofpersonalandfortune

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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fortune
noun
uk
/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us
/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
a large amount of money, goods, ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandfortunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would explain the bitter nature of local struggles, directly linked to questions ofpersonalfortune.
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His vastpersonalfortuneprovided a seemingly inexhaustible source of patronage which created a loyal and\\or compromised elite, while facilitating the division or elimination of opposition.
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Neither fear nor regard forpersonalfortuneis always the best impulse to action.
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He does not have apersonalfortune, and he is not a drunkard or womaniser.
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I cannot see how you would get a trustee or a liquidator to act if his ownpersonalfortunewas to be liable.
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The clause introduces reduced rates and changes thepersonalfortunelevels at which different rates of taxation apply to transfers of wealth and capital.
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He found that hispersonalfortunewas put in danger by a ruling of the court.
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He would never have made that suggestion or taken up that attitude about his ownpersonalfortune.
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A gentleman was expected to ensure that those who extended credit to his enterprises were safeguarded by his ownpersonalfortune.
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She has resources in the form of tax privileges which should be considered, and apersonalfortuneand the result which those tax privileges have on thatpersonalfortune.
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In the ordinary way, an entrepreneur now cannot build up anypersonalfortuneof even modest size, no matter how hard he works or how brilliantly he is equipped.
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Nearly every time a consulting engineer or architect, for example, signs a drawing or a document of any kind he puts his wholepersonalfortuneat hazard.
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This is not a matter of personalities or thepersonalfortuneor reputation of private individuals in their professional capacity, so far as valuers are concerned.
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He and his family have amassed a significantpersonalfortune.
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Hispersonalfortunewas estimated as being some 108 million in 2005.
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He invested much of hispersonalfortunein railways.
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During the course of forty years she devoted her energy and a large part of herpersonalfortuneto ensure the company's survival.
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In ten years, he multiplied by three the capital of the family companies and created his ownpersonalfortune.
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He was uninterested in high living, despite his largepersonalfortune.
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So popular are these toys, that the marketing campaign involving them has doubled the company owner'spersonalfortune.
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