legitimate demand

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateanddemand

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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demand
noun
uk
/dɪˈmɑːnd/us
/dɪˈmænd/
a ...
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(Definition oflegitimateanddemandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is shocking, but that is the position, and it shows that there is alegitimatedemandbeing put forward by these people.
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However, it has not so far been satisfied on what many people, especially those from minority communities, regard as alegitimatedemand.
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Even they are now supporting strike action as a last resort in pursuit of theirlegitimatedemandfor an independent pay review.
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I think that that is alegitimatedemandon the part of local authorities.
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It had nothing to do with the use of alcohol as a drug or as a means of escape; it waslegitimatedemand.
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For the first time for many years, thelegitimatedemandfor accommodation has been below what we have been prepared to grant.
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In its dealings with its servants it ought to give real consideration to every aspect oflegitimatedemandregarding conditions of service and remuneration.
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There is common agreement upon this—that currency should be sufficient to meetlegitimatedemand.
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For example, it is alegitimatedemand, say, in the one-child family.
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I have taken no pleasure in being proved right as authority after authority has publicly stated its inability to meetlegitimatedemandfor services.
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Is it possible for a flat-rate pension to be provided to everybody, irrespective of need, to fulfil thatlegitimatedemand?
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It was alegitimatedemandthat the workers were entitled to make.
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This proposal includes provision for the abolition of individual sow stalls, a major andlegitimatedemandof welfare activists.
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We have done our utmost to meet everylegitimatedemandin connexion with stocking coal, canteens, baths, and the preparation of our coal.
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The men who were out upon strike were out with alegitimatedemand.
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One was the verylegitimatedemandthat was being made for those countries to become more industrially self-supporting.
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That seems to me to be alegitimatedemand.
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I should like to know where confrontation begins and where alegitimatedemandends, and we have to keep that clear between the parties involved.
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But we are now discussing the concept of the fund which is essentially the outcome of thelegitimatedemandto seek some form of protection.
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If that is alegitimatedemand, surely a demand that comes from the impoverished section of the community is more legitimate.
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