sole income

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandincome

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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income
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪŋ.kʌm/us
/ˈɪn.kʌm/
money that is earned from doing work or received ...
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(Definition ofsoleandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsole income

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It must be remembered that this is often not thesoleincomeof these people.
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I did not say that this was hersoleincome.
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All too frequently in those days the pension was the injured man'ssoleincome.
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Information is not available on the number of pensioners whosesoleincomeis retirement pension.
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These are the long-term sick for whom an invalidity pension is theirsoleincome.
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Surely that would only occur when the pension is practically thesoleincomeof the pensioner.
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Gone are the days when a small guesthouse could generate enough to provide asoleincomefor the owners.
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My objection is that the list does not contain those whosesoleincomeis the old-age pension.
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That is no small amount to someone whosesoleincomeis a state retirement pension.
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The older sister's pension amounts to about £165 a month and this, with the state pension, is hersoleincome.
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It very frequently happens that the rents form either hissoleincomeor a very great part of it.
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If that were thesoleincomecoming into a family, it would clearly need supplementing—it would probably be supplemented by the benefit system.
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It is hardly surprising that people whosesoleincomeis threatened should feel threatened themselves.
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What is the position of those whosesoleincomeis that £300?
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Therefore, it is inequitable that those whosesoleincomeis the old-age pension should not also be covered.
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A war pension is money compensation for loss of physical function due to war injury; it is not intended to be a pensioner'ssoleincome.
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Yet thesoleincomeof the individual concerned is only £6·50 per week and out of that meagre sum he has to pay 60p for prescription charges.
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A case was brought to my notice of a constituent, an old woman whosesoleincomeis derived from the rents of some eight small houses.
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Is he aware that many retired people derive theirsoleincome, apart from the retirement pension, from the letting of their former homes which have become too big for them?
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We are here discussing whether maintenance income—income going to the wife, who has worked, which is usually hersoleincome—can be classified as investment income at all.
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