material support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaterialandsupport
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material
adjective
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofmaterialandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They received nomaterialsupportfrom their surviving children, and had no other form of income or livelihood.
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Men, particularly sons and husbands, mainly providedmaterialsupport, while women, particularly wives, daughters and daughters-in-law, provided most support with practical tasks and emotionally.
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We also asked from whom the respondents received monetary andmaterialsupportat both the individual and the household level.
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Families were expected to give emotional andmaterialsupportto older people who needed it.
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They provided littlematerialsupportand relations with them were often distant, even though the informants had pride in their achievements.
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Finally, the relationship between power/force and itsmaterialsupportwas complicated by the metonymic quality of the body.
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Family members and friends are mentioned for moral, affective ormaterialsupport.
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Thematerialsupportusually consisted of food and\\or clothes.
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However, differences in gender of children providingmaterialsupportwere less apparent.
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Obligation alimentaire is the obligation of relatives to providematerialsupportto needy members of their kin.
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They providematerialsupport, care and often fellowship and emotional support for their older members or for groups of elderly residents or service users.
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The main sources for monetary andmaterialsupportwere sons.
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The higher percentage of older men than women who do not receivematerialsupportmay indicate two things.
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Becoming older had a positive effect on the frequency but a negative effect on the value of thematerialsupport.
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Much more pervasive but less spectacular was the series of personal connections that musicians used to acquirematerialsupport, most frequently an apartment.
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