lost revenue

collocation in English

meaningsoflostandrevenue

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lost
adjective
uk
/lɒst/us
/lɑːst/
not knowing where you are and how to get to ...
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revenue
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrev.ən.juː/us
/ˈrev.ə.nuː/
the income that a government or company ...
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(Definition oflostandrevenuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We havelostrevenuesupport grant, but we were told that that was because it was going to the north.
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But these figures cannot be taken as representing the total cost to the economy in terms oflostrevenueof these levels of unemployment.
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A far greater proportion oflostrevenueresults from actions of people at the higher end of the income scale.
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Is there not a case for counter-balancing with a wealth tax that would also recoverlostrevenue?
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Thelostrevenuewould be about £600 million and £80 million, respectively, at the level of gains chargeable in 1983–84.
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Consequently, it would be impossible to replace thelostrevenuewhich is so vital to us.
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Information in terms oflostrevenueis not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
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The cost of such a policy inlostrevenuecould be considerable—about £100 million.
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I have heard that adopting such a policy would cost about £100 million inlostrevenuethis year.
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Those promises came to nothing and council tax payers have had to bear the burden of tens of millions of pounds oflostrevenue.
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Estimates of annual costs in benefit payments andlostrevenuearising from industrial injuries, accidents and illness are not available.
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The cost to this country—if we accept the estimate of 10,000 unemployed—will be approximately £90 million to £100 million inlostrevenue.
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Thus, the cost of this extra bureacracy must be more than the cost of thelostrevenue.
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Unless he cuts public expenditure, he does not have the wherewithal, because oflostrevenue, to correct the problem properly in the coming year.
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Why strive for reduced consumption among one's consumers if that simply representslostrevenueat the end of the day.
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That is why the increase in personal tax allowances and the raising of the threshold are so costly in terms oflostrevenue.
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About £12 million per year, including the cost inlostrevenue.
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I asked him for the annual cost, in terms oflostrevenue, of raising the threshold from £5,000 to £20,000 and £50,000.
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He will havelostrevenue, created unemployment, and made the balance of trade, which is in this instance overwhelmingly in our favour, overwhelmingly against us.
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They feel that they have been "done" and that legislation has exposed this loophole, as a result of which they havelostrevenue.
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