immediate return

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandreturn

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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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return
noun
uk
/rɪˈtɜːn/us
/rɪˈtɝːn/
an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandreturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This requires theimmediatereturnof all relatives to the village.
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Theimmediatereturnto the higher register on the second syllable of 'multa', however, provides continuation with the first half of the phrase.
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Many well-known factors inhibiting these mothers'immediatereturnto work were apparent, including lack of affordable childcare and their stated preferences to 'be there' for their children.
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Finally, in return for theirimmediatereturnto work and commitment to turn in the future to conciliation, the employees were given the salaries they had lost during the strike.
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That expenditure will not show anyimmediatereturnin economic terms.
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One hears that over and over again, but surely in investing public money you must look for someimmediatereturn.
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They could scrap ruthlessly any schemes, however good in themselves, which are not calculated to produce animmediatereturn.
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When private capital cannot see a fairlyimmediatereturn, it is not always so enthusiastic.
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I think the new spirit in industry will come when labour is assured of a really definite and almostimmediatereturnfor increased production.
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There are clearly two main options to achieve an end to the dispute and animmediatereturnto work.
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No one is asking for theirimmediatereturn, just that there should be some access to them while the investigation is taking place.
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Theimmediatereturnof the vessels is not practicable.
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Normally, prisoners are returned to the health care centre on theirimmediatereturnfrom hospital.
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Priorities must be right and the moneys concentrated where they can bringimmediatereturn.
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That is an instance of public expenditure upon something which could not be expected to yield anyimmediatereturnin the form of rent.
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Investment in housing does not show animmediatereturn.
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He said that this was work not being done as a commercial enterprise or for animmediatereturn.
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The unions undertook to ensure animmediatereturnto normal working at those plants.
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They improved communications and spent money on big schemes which did not give animmediatereturnbut will provide a long-term benefit to the economy.
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It seems that they look for animmediatereturn.
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