source of wealth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandwealth
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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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wealth
noun
uk/welθ/us/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofsourceandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They instead turned to anothersourceofwealth, subject peoples, generally minorities or neighbours, seeing in them an opportunity to recoup their losses.
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Lacking precious metals, its onlysourceofwealthconsisted of the large indigenous population.
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Work came to be seen as asourceofwealth, but also as a source of moral superiority and social identity.
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Take, for example, the well-known mercantilist obsession with overseas trade as thesourceofwealthand the converse dismissal of internal trade as irrelevant to it.
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This pluralism is asourceofwealthfor ethical reflection.
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At the end of the day, trade is asourceofwealth.
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Cotton is her majorsourceofwealthat the moment.
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The surface of the land, after all, is the only truesourceofwealth.
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That newsourceofwealthbelongs to the nation.
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The subsidies which are paid do not come from a hiddensourceofwealth.
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It is plain to see that that island gives great opportunities for becoming asourceofwealthproduction.
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They have discovered that productivity is thesourceofwealth, and we hear of no disputes about hours of labour in that country.
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You have a greatsourceofwealthhere.
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It is not a renewable or permanentsourceofwealthlike manufacturing production.
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In the 18th century agriculture was regarded as thesourceofwealth, and other activities as derivative or even parasitic.
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That is the onlysourceofwealthand the total wealth available is only that made by those people.
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Thesourceofwealthis intelligence and mind, and you cannot socialise intelligence and mind.
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