indirect assistance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindirectandassistance
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indirect
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/us/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/
happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk/əˈsɪs.təns/us/əˈsɪs.təns/
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(Definition ofindirectandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofindirect assistance
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In approaching these questions,indirectassistancemay be afforded by consideration of other forms of personal behaviour with a moral component.
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There are many and varied forms of expenditure from public funds which might be regarded as ofindirectassistanceto industry.
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Any other measures must be either palliative or else a method ofindirectassistance.
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Concurrent with our industry receiving no assistance while its continental competitors still receiveindirectassistance, the safety net of minimum pricing is being removed.
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Indirectassistanceincludes grants to local authorities which support bus services and grants for research.
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Does this subsidy include any direct orindirectassistancefor reconstituting the white fish industry in respects in which it has been so badly deteriorating?
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People with high incomes come here from abroad, many of whom receive direct orindirectassistanceto meet their housing needs.
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But, of course, on balance the fishermen will gain very substantially by the substitution of the direct subsidy for the presentindirectassistance.
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Unless a better argument can be adduced to justify a subsidy, a levy or direct orindirectassistance to agriculture, that industry is not entitled to assistance.
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Indirectassistanceby the provision of key aerodrome and shed accommodation, the collation and issue of information and the provision of communications is being afforded to civil aviation.
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His plan is targeted to increase direct andindirectassistanceto low-income groups.
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These social markets thus involve competition between different modes of provision, with the user receiving direct orindirectassistancefrom public authorities to make their choice.
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