rival firm

collocation in English

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rival
noun[C]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl/
a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the ...
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firm
noun[C]
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
a company offering a professional service, for example a company ...
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(Definition ofrivalandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then by reason of the competition of arivalfirmhe may lose income again for a time, and he comes back again into insurance.
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We have heard a case of a landlord of business premises letting over the head of a sitting tenant and to arivalfirm.
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Would solicitors, whose trial lawyers were up to their necks in work, seek the advice of an advocacy specialist in arivalfirm?
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For example, a commercial competitor might feel aggrieved at the grant of a licence to arivalfirm, but he will have no redress.
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If a slump comes, or there is severe competition from arivalfirm, their pay may be reduced below £250, and they have to be insured again.
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On one of their hauls, the two are taken prisoners by hi-jackers from arivalfirm.
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There is no time to capitalize on the intelligence acquired from arivalfirm.
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For example, a firm might want to commit itself to dramatically dropping the price of a product it sells if arivalfirmenters its market.
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Moreover, there is sharp unfairness between rival firms inside and outside development areas.
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No, because they are afraid of the rival firms.
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Complaint is made that landlords treat their tenants by letting over their heads to rival firms, refusing renewals or charging rents based partly on goodwill.
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At the front of the vast book published by the pharmaceutical industry is a little warning that medical representatives should not knock the products of rival firms.
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Dad, inveigled by management, may enter safety competitions, perhaps with rival firms.
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Where a contract is awarded after competitive tender—following tenders having been received from different firms—one at least has the yardstick of the competitive offers put in by the rival firms.
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As in other markets, fair competition between rival firms in the various markets for investments and investment advice is the key effective spur to efficiency and competence.
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In addition, the strong desire to defeat rival firms with competitive prices has the strong possibility of causing price wars.
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He began with a $5 a day minimum wage in 1910, about double the going rate at rival firms.
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Further, news analytics can be used to plot and characterize firm behaviors over time and thus yield important strategic insights about rival firms.
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The two companies were set upon by hostile takeover bids from rival firms.
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Conversely, such barriers to entry prevent the exploitation of informational developments by rival firms within an industry.
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