major beneficiary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandbeneficiary
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious 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 ofmajorandbeneficiaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is the rentier class which is themajorbeneficiaryof inflation.
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Anothermajorbeneficiarygroup will be the elderly.
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I have no doubt that we will continue to be amajorbeneficiaryof the fund, but the precise amount will need to be determined.
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Charities are amajorbeneficiaryfrom the proceeds of the national lottery and these are new funds.
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The national health service is amajorbeneficiaryof our approach.
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The borough council is the secondmajorbeneficiary, because of the employment and housing prospects.
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It was a good announcement, and housing was obviously themajorbeneficiary: £1.3 billion by 2008 is a significant investment.
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At the moment, we are amajorbeneficiaryof that process, precisely because we reject the social chapter and such interference.
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We were intended to be the secondmajorbeneficiaryunder the national quota system.
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Health services have been amajorbeneficiaryof extra public funding.
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Strathclyde regional council is themajorbeneficiaryof the safety net.
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Manufacturing industry is expected to be amajorbeneficiaryof the fall in oil prices.
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Trent has been amajorbeneficiaryfrom our policy of distributing health resources more fairly throughout the country.
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In fact, we shall be amajorbeneficiary, not only from an increase in our abatement but also from additional provision on the regional and social funds.
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Selby has been amajorbeneficiary, with £23 million in the first tranche of aid and another £20 million in the second.
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We have ensured that money for programmes—for example, the structural funds from which this country has been amajorbeneficiary—cannot be eaten up by agricultural spending.
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Manufacturing, about which we have heard a great deal today, has been amajorbeneficiary.
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London will be amajorbeneficiaryof the changes announced today.
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Wheat farmers are amajorbeneficiaryof crop subsidies and other agricultural programs.
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