source of income
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandincome
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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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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 ofsourceandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The fact that shoemaking is the onlysourceofincomeis worrisome, particularly for most micro enterprise owners (70.3%) since their production is seasonal.
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Whether a family retained a daughter as asourceofincomedepended partly on their other resources.
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She mentioned no othersourceofincome.
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The actual interest that presumably comprises asourceofincomefor some of the ladies - their "genteel competency" (136) - is passed over almost entirely.
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That reputation also attracts students, who are not infrequently a majorsourceofincomefor the teacher.
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The primarysourceofincomefor the groups was largely from donations from the group members and volunteers themselves.
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The apricot culture has become an importantsourceofincome.
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At the time of the first interview, five of the middle-aged women regularly applied for social assistance, which was their mainsourceofincome.
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Off-farm employment was the supplementarysourceofincomeessential for investment in modern tools and technologies and increasing the production and productivity of farming systems.
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The data suggest that forests offer a more egalitariansourceofincomecompared with most other sources at the study sites.
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Still, the vegetables were the mainsourceofincomefor the household.
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This benefit is targeted at pensioners with little or nosourceofincomeapart from their state benefits.
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Both groups are likely to have one othersourceofincomein the household, probably that of their spouse.
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While children were the mainsourceofincomefor a significant proportion of both older men and women, they were especially important for women.
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With this, religious healing has become a legitimate (for some)sourceofincome.
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Among economic resources, only long-distance trade provided a sufficientsourceofincome.
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