pursuit of profit

collocation in English

meaningsofpursuitandprofit

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pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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profit
noun
uk
/ˈprɒf.ɪt/us
/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofpursuitandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpursuit of profit

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We have seen in recent times how the relentlesspursuitofprofithas brought the global economy to its knees.
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As stated by our rapporteur, this problem has many causes:pursuitofprofit, social impoverishment and marginalisation, and also curiosity, prosperity and fashionable trends.
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A choice must be made between the defence of moral principles and thepursuitofprofit.
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People have enjoyed rights of way for many years, yet companies, in theirpursuitofprofit, want to take them away.
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Yet that cannot be done under a private enterprise system, in which profit and thepursuitofprofitis the only objective.
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Concern for the community and its most needy members has to take precedence over self-interest and thepursuitofprofit.
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The sole source of wealth creation is thepursuitofprofitfrom business activities.
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Thepursuitofprofitalone results in industry being run to the detriment of the overwhelming majority of our people.
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It will be very difficult to do this, because that confidence is constantly being shaken by technological development and by thepursuitofprofit.
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They believe that the community's needs will be met through thepursuitofprofitand competition.
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We say that local authorities in some subtle way must combine thepursuitofprofitwith the duty to plan positively.
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The first is that the unbridledpursuitofprofitis liable to be self-frustrating, even in the short term.
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A few recent examples show that private ownership, with itspursuitofprofit, sometimes disregards standards of safety.
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How will thepursuitofprofitenable local authorities to achieve such objectives?
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Competition and thepursuitofprofitmust not be allowed to take priority over the safety of human lives.
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We are also opposed to the concept of public service being lost in thepursuitofprofit.
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In reality their lives will be made even more miserable, as the barons grab land and destroy the environment inpursuitofprofit.
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This has all come about owing to a combination of ignorance, impatience, laziness andpursuitofprofit.
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Capitalism is not civilization or humanism, but the crude and ruthlesspursuitofprofit.
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In banking markets, where the dominant trend is towards concentrations and the exclusivepursuitofprofit, the consequences of this are easy to see.
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