joint responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofjointandresponsibility

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joint
adjective
uk
/dʒɔɪnt/us
/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or ...
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responsibility
noun
uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofjointandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjoint responsibility

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Many of them strongly felt that they wanted to control their own fertility, and the rest considered birth control ought to be ajointresponsibility.
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In this response, we takejointresponsibilityfor 'our' article and therefore write as 'we'.
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Of the 22 families with husbands or partners present, in only four cases did respondents say that there wasjointresponsibility.
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The uncomfortable awareness of occupational disease is acknowledged but represented as thejointresponsibilityof capital and labor.
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It is not the case either, as she asserts, that bloodwealth for a married woman is always ajointresponsibilityof her own and her husband's patrilineal kin.
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It aims to fosterjointresponsibilitybetween families and the government, placing the onus on parents to spend cash wisely and ensure attendance at schools and health clinics.
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What is difficult is to acceptjointresponsibilitywhen starting from the fixed idea of economic partnership agreements.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is based on the idea that toy safety is thejointresponsibilityof all parties involved, but with different focus points.
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We had to come up with everything on the spot, in mid-crisis, and that is ajointresponsibility.
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That is thejointresponsibilityof all of us.
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It is ourjointresponsibilityto ensure that this happens.
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Thisjointresponsibilityimplies maintaining and even strengthening the principle of economic and social cohesion.
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Could it be that in looking back we see our ownjointresponsibilityfor these events?
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European integration will not succeed unless it is founded onjointresponsibility.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He will not be able to talk his way out ofjointresponsibilitythat easily.
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Both of them have accepted ajointresponsibilityfor this matter, and obtained the necessary powers to proceed with the new bridge in 1947.
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It is bound to be ajointresponsibility.
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Of course, it was a joint decision and ajointresponsibility, and for heaven's sake let us not run away from it.
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We must consider this further to see whether there should be ajointresponsibilityin metropolitan areas.
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More importantly,jointresponsibilityof management and unions for the boards has been fully recognised.
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