immediate consumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandconsumption
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immediate
adjective
uk/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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consumption
noun[U]
uk/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
the amount used ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandconsumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The paltry amounts of crops and hedge-wood taken indicate that what was in most cases stolen was intended forimmediateconsumptionrather than for resale.
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In the absence of credit, labour scarce households are unlikely to invest in profitable methods, especially when this imposes a trade-off with theirimmediateconsumption.
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In animals, such foraging activity frequently involves hoarding-gathering food, not forimmediateconsumption, but for future use.
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The curious thing is that the suspected instance of map generates a list for exclusive andimmediateconsumptionby filterset.
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Nor has inexpensive refugee labour triggered a rapid expansion of agricultural production, for either sale orimmediateconsumption.
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In animals, such foraging activity frequently involves hoarding gathering food, not forimmediateconsumption, but for future use.
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The control variable is the rate of saving diverted fromimmediateconsumptionto replace depreciated capital and add new capital to support a higher level of future consumption.
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On the other hand, cafes, restaurants and cinemas can sell tobacco throughout the evening for what is described as "immediateconsumptionwith a meal".
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He clearly meant the maximum quantity that could be used forimmediateconsumptionand for curing.
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Legitimate retail activity is governed largely by the needs of the sick and the travelling public a well as by the likelihood ofimmediateconsumption.
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I add the words "going into stock" because, clearly, if it were going intoimmediateconsumptionthere would not be a corresponding need for cash.
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In fact, there is almost only one item which is bought forimmediateconsumption, and that is liquor.
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There is a problem in increasing food production for theimmediateconsumptionof the population of those parts which is extremely technical.
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Sales on credit are prohibited only when alcohol is sold forimmediateconsumptionon licensed premises.
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Take, again, articles of annual production andimmediateconsumption.
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Can he say what proportion of that land will be given over to hardwoods rather than to the production of wood forimmediateconsumption?
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We replied that we had had so many requests for food aid forimmediateconsumptionthat we could not help at that time.
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This transfer must be at the expense ofimmediateconsumption.
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It means the allocation of men and materials which would otherwise be engaged in producing articles forimmediateconsumption.
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