valuable possession

collocation in English

meaningsofvaluableandpossession

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valuable
adjective
uk
/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/us
/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/
worth a lot ...
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possession
noun
uk
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/
the fact that you have or ...
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(Definition ofvaluableandpossessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvaluable possession

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It depicts a motor car which, if it had been kept till today, would be quite avaluablepossession.
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Any citizen's charter worth its salt would surely try to enhance the value of the citizen's mostvaluablepossession—his or her vote.
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In his election address, which is avaluablepossessionin my family, he made the connection between ill health and had housing.
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I suggest that such avaluablepossessionas this is deserving of better care than, in my opinion, is afforded under existing conditions.
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Will he seriously reconsider this matter, as land is our mostvaluablepossessionand as it is criminal that it should be kept for these purposes?
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It is not that the house is really valuable to the owner as a place of trade, but because it may become an exceedinglyvaluablepossessionfor compensation.
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If they are unlucky, in their interviews with medical boards, they merely receive sickness benefit, in return for having surrendered their mostvaluablepossession—their good health.
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Wanting to impress the man, the family had set the table with their onevaluablepossession; silver spoons.
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His onevaluablepossessionappeared to be his diary, which was written in a large, richly ornamented book.
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Like many of the children, she named herself after her mostvaluablepossession.
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This was avaluablepossessionincluding as it did the rectorial tithe of a large and prosperous parish, the tithe of fish, and the lands of the churchtown.
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