source of employment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandemployment
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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employment
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the fact of someone being paid to work for a company ...
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(Definition ofsourceandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Developing economies are diverse and complex, and in most cases agriculture remains an importantsourceofemployment, output and foreign currency earnings.
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The nobility possessed large estates which formed an importantsourceofemployment.
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Migration is important in terms of remittances andsourceofemployment, though benefits are on the decline.
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So much so that these factories have become the mainsourceofemploymentalternatives for the impoverished rural population.
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Members of these companies view theatre as something more than asourceofemployment; it is a necessary part of their identity as human beings.
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With the demand for agricultural labour already declining, this potentialsourceofemploymentwas thus closed off too.
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Land is the onlysourceofemploymentand income for a large majority of the households surveyed.
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He noted that income from land was now far more important than that derived from trade, and that the majorsourceofemploymentwas domestic service, rather than manufactures.
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Those agreements are asourceofemploymentfor a very large number of structurally sensitive maritime regions.
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Most importantly, there is no alternativesourceofemploymentfor many of those people.
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Aquaculture is a valuablesourceofemploymentand can cushion the hardship of the areas affected by the decline in fishing.
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These areas are heavily dependent on fishing, as by and large there is no alternativesourceofemployment.
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Another majorsourceofemploymentis the offshore oil and gas industry, as is the case in several other towns around the coast.
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Naturally, there are whole districts in which one industry or another is the mainsourceofemployment.
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Nevertheless, it was an importantsourceofemploymentto the rural community.
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The greatestsourceofemploymentwould have been the land.
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It is certainly desirable that these people should have some alternativesourceofemployment.
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Farming and fisheries, including fish farming, provide the mainsourceofemployment.
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Tanneries are normally located in places where there is no othersourceofemployment.
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