suite of furniture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuiteandfurniture
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suite
noun[C]
uk/swiːt/us/swiːt/
a set of connected rooms, especially in ...
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furniture
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɜː.nɪ.tʃər/us/ˈfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/
things such as chairs, tables, beds, cupboards, etc. that are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or ...
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(Definition ofsuiteandfurniturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Once he gets an order for thesuiteoffurnitureand the money, the customer never sees him or the goods again.
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When we come to the field of special offers, we can, by sending off labels, get almost everything from asuiteoffurnitureto garments.
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It is not possible to test to destruction everysuiteoffurniturethat is on sale; there would be none left to sell.
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The effect would be that the exception would not apply to individual items in a set of cutlery or asuiteoffurniture.
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The manufacturer may show a small retailer asuiteoffurniturewhich he proposes to buy.
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That means that asuiteoffurnitureis an incendiary device.
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For others, it is a day when the whole family can go and choose asuiteoffurniture.
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In the old days, an advertisement for asuiteoffurniturewould include a description of the filling, the covering, etc.
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What you call "the room" is the place where they have asuiteoffurniture, the room which other people might call the parlour.
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Nevertheless, the customer who seeks a pure wood veneer on his furniture may easily be misled if he sees asuiteoffurniturein a store marked "mahogany finish"or"teak grain".
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Nobody likes paying for an expensivesuiteoffurniture, but if it is more comfortable and of better appearance people will be willing to pay more for it.
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Others may have to rely on chance to receive their suites of furniture on the retention of titled clauses.
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