luxury item
collocation in Englishmeaningsofluxuryanditem
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luxury
noun
uk/ˈlʌk.ʃər.i/us/ˈlʌk.ʃɚ.i/
great comfort, especially as provided by expensive and ...
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item
noun[C]
uk/ˈaɪ.təm/us/ˈaɪ.t̬əm/
something that is part of a list or group ...
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(Definition ofluxuryanditemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only 13 per cent of such households owned aluxuryitem, compared with 52 per cent of three-generation households.
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The vast quantities of ivory found in these same contexts suggest thisluxuryitemwas plentiful enough both for local consumption and to exchange for imported goods.
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It is not aluxuryitem.
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I think we must all agree that shellfish are, after all, aluxuryitemof diet in all social classes.
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What is aluxuryitemin time of peace?
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Take aluxuryitemlike chocolates!
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It is hard to see by any stretch of the imagination how such cards could be described as aluxuryitem.
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Is not that aluxuryitem?
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They use their cars not as aluxuryitembut to get to work and to the shops, and to get their children to school.
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I am indifferent whether it goes for aluxuryitemor an essential item.
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Environmental quality is not aluxuryitem; as a prerequisite for sustainable development, it should be a political priority.
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The phrase "luxuryitem" has come up more than once in the debate.
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A decent, comfortable and secure home should not be aluxuryitem, but more than 111,000 households lack that basic necessity.
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If the price of a kipper were raised, it would become aluxuryitemand more people would want to buy it.
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If it were reintroduced, it would probably be classified as aluxuryitem.
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It is playing shoddy party politics to make out that this is aluxuryitem.
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For virtually every so-calledluxuryitemthere is a cheaper version.
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He could end the absurdity of builders' work in connection with the provision of telephone cables being excluded as aluxuryitemin housing association grant approval.
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It was essential that the work should be carried our, yet the cost of that was discounted as being aluxuryitemand a higher standard.
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It means that they are not interested inluxuryitem, trip abroad, money and successful career.
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