main beneficiary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandbeneficiary
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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beneficiary
noun[C]
uk/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.ər.i/us/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.i.er.i/
a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of ...
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(Definition ofmainandbeneficiaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It does not matter to the environment or to an overall welfare evaluation which is themainbeneficiaryand which is the co-beneficiary.
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The family was much themainbeneficiaryof altered priorities.
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A surviving spouse receives 60 % of the payment after the death of themainbeneficiary.
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The consumer should be themainbeneficiaryof the proposed changes.
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They are themainbeneficiaryof the scheme, so they have a vested interest in getting the best price.
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Under the directives the spouse and dependent children of themainbeneficiaryare, irrespective of nationality, entitled to take employment or self-employment.
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All those companies have seen privatisation as an opportunity, and acted on it—and our economy has been themainbeneficiary.
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The turnaround that he described has indeed been spectacular, and themainbeneficiaryhas been the consumer.
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Themainbeneficiaryshould pay some of the costs.
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Many people enjoy participation in a national lottery, but themainbeneficiaryis the state.
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It has to be said, however, that themainbeneficiaryof that process has been not industry, but consumers.
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I shall come to whether the legal profession is themainbeneficiary.
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Themainbeneficiaryof this propaganda appears to be the advertising agency handling the account.
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Themainbeneficiaryof the law should be not the lawyer but the litigant.
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In many areas we expect the provision of affordable housing—including key-worker housing, where that is a priority need—to be themainbeneficiaryof this approach.
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Meanwhile, it certainly seems to us that themainbeneficiaryof the scheme would be the ship-building interest.
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Themainbeneficiaryof the wide extension proposed would be the businessman or industrialist who is well able to look after himself.
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I also agree that themainbeneficiaryof competitiveness should be the consumer.
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But themainbeneficiaryof more rights for the disabled will be the taxpayer.
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I wish to return to my main point—namely, that big business is themainbeneficiaryof public spending in this country.
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