industrial conglomerate

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandconglomerate

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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conglomerate
noun
uk
/kənˈɡlɒm.ər.ət/us
/kənˈɡlɑː.mɚ.ət/
a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandconglomeratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Clearly, industrial conglomerates are out of fashion, and this will be anindustrialconglomerate.
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In the 1960s the fashionable thing was theindustrialconglomerate.
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Now no one has a good word to say about theindustrialconglomerate, but in the 1960s all the experts said that we should go for that.
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At the time of his death, hisindustrialconglomerateencompassed 330 companies and around 300,000 employees.
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Between 1983 and 1991, the strategy was to act as a wide-rangingindustrialconglomerate, with a particular focus on mining and metals.
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With great skill and tenacity, he was able to reorganize and consolidate the assets of his father'sindustrialconglomerateand banking network.
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So too, interestingly enough, did corporations like banks, railroads, and industrial conglomerates which precipitated and became pillars of the emerging corporate-administrative political economy.
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In all three countries, the economy was heavily regulated and supported large industrial conglomerates and involved a centralised, co-ordinated and stable financial system.
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Plant and animal varieties are increasingly coming under the control of industrial conglomerates, as is scientific research.
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The tower blocks were going up along with the big comprehensive schools and the industrial conglomerates.
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I accept that, but it is better than being unable to ask any questions, which is a situation which applies to the large industrial conglomerates.
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Our present set of administrative rules and regulations was largely developed in the heyday of manufacturing, when large industrial conglomerates employed tens of thousands of people.
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Private industries commercials were permitted with no fee; initially all the commercials of industrial conglomerates were tax-free with no additional charges.
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Much of this economic expansion benefited the zaibatsu, large industrial conglomerates.
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