adequate income

collocation in English

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adequate
adjective
uk
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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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 ofadequateandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may also be explained by an increase in pensions;adequateincomeand financial security being the best statistical 'predictors' of retirement satisfaction.
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These features includeadequateincome, suitable housing, good advice and home care, not just those relating to health and social care services.
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Thus, second-tier pensions will become increasingly important for maintaining anadequateincomein old age.
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Being able to give up work with anadequateincomeallowed them to engage in the things that they enjoyed and which motivated them.
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In modern states,adequateincomeis the clean water of poverty policy.
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Some countries have mandatory pensions of limited scope and ambition, focused only on providing anadequateincometo all retirees.
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Independence was enhanced if they had retained their health, had anadequateincome, and had access to a car.
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Those with low levels of private pension coverage only have low levels of housing wealth: not enough to provide anadequateincomein later life.
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Indeed, it is not clear to me that employers exploit their workers when they fail to provide them with anadequateincome.
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On the other hand if they choose to care they should have access to anadequateincomeat the time of caring and in retirement.
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That means providingadequateincomefor their own family.
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Through no fault of their own, pensioners and others do not have anything approaching anadequateincometo meet the soaring costs of fuel.
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This should cover pensions, sickness and unemployment benefits; it should provide anadequateincometo everyone.
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This interval guarantees private channels anadequateincome, thanks to which they can continue funding programme production.
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Pensioners are a group who, perhaps more than any other, deserve anadequateincome.
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Yet the lack of anadequateincomeis at its heart.
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It must also be remembered that many local authority households haveadequateincometo meet the necesary increases.
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It is difficult to be a good parent even if one has a supportive family,adequateincome, friends, leisure activities and help.
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I am sure that the majority of us want to see pensioners free to live a life with dignity on anadequateincome.
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We all want to see people in retirement enjoying as of right anadequateincome.
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