wealth gap

collocation in English

meaningsofwealthandgap

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wealth
noun
uk
/welθ/us
/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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gap
noun
uk
/ɡæp/us
/ɡæp/
an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between ...
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(Definition ofwealthandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwealth gap

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This has the important policy implication that equivalent rates of technological progress will not close thewealthgapbetween two countries with identical parameters but different initial conditions.
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Thewealthgapand the employment gap are growing all the time, to the detriment of the regions.
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We are putting that right, and trying to close the income andwealthgapbetween pensioners.
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This would really begin to touch the problem of the relativewealthgap.
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Both of those recoveries led to increased unemployment and a widening of thewealthgapbetween the rich and the poor.
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The industrial nations will not gain if there is an increasingwealthgapbetween them and the developing countries.
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The result has been a tremendous disparity between rich and poor and high levels of child poverty - unlike in countries which invest in social expenditure and reduce thewealthgap.
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The scale of rural migration into urban areas was unprecedented anywhere, and little was being done to address an ever-increasing urban-ruralwealthgap.
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Significantwealthgap, housing discrimination, residential segregation, the achievement gap exist.
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Other factors to consider in the recent widening of the minoritywealthgapare the mortgage crisis and credit crunch that began in 2007-2008.
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The smallest relativewealthgapcan be seen in advanced clerical and service workers ($91 600 versus $83 500).
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The last time that thewealthgapreached such skewed extremes was in 19281929.
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A key reason contributing to a wideningwealthgapwas social injustice, which features collusion between entrepreneurs and officials.
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A major effect of this poverty rate is the continuation of a hugewealthgap.
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This rising student debt is contributing to the expandingwealthgap.
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Many deputies have shown concern about the urban-ruralwealthgap.
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By around 1919, increasing population pressures and an increasingwealthgapencouraged the development of smaller, but better equipped, new type shikumen.
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Inflation was rapid and thewealthgapwas wide.
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There exists a racialwealthgapdue in part to income disparities and differences in achievement resulting from institutional discrimination.
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