loss of purchasing power

collocation in English

meaningsofloss,purchaseandpower

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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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purchase
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.tʃəs/us
/ˈpɝː.tʃəs/
something that ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofloss,purchaseandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We should bear in mind thelossofpurchasingpower to the holders of postwar credits.
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There is a certain measure of agreement that the foreign securities we have spent are alossofpurchasingpower to us.
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Briefly, its aim was to make good thelossofpurchasingpower of the original pension.
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Individual personal losses in savings andlossofpurchasingpower are irrecoverable.
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I think our workers still fear unemployment andlossofpurchasingpower most.
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It is caused bylossofpurchasingpower among the people of this country.
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That means a loss of prosperity, a loss of real wages, alossofpurchasingpower.
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Thelossofpurchasingpower will be spread among the local populace, the shopkeepers, those who let lodgings, and all the ancillary services.
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Circumstances arose whereby those markets were temporarily closed to us, perhaps from governmental policy or because of a temporarylossofpurchasingpower.
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We believe that this industry can be made prosperous, suffering as it is, admittedly, like all other industries, from the fall in world prices and fromlossofpurchasingpower.
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None of us would want that to become a white elephant as a result of alossofpurchasingpower among the employees in the dockyard.
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The additional expenditure for rural development measures is discretionary in terms of amount and use and is no substitute for thelossofpurchasingpower resulting from the price reductions.
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This financial loss of value is often expressed as alossofpurchasingpower.
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Therefore, it causes a netlossofpurchasingpower in the earlier cycle.
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The purchasing power of the currency drops so rapidly that holding cash for even a day is an unacceptablelossofpurchasingpower.
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