comparative wealth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomparativeandwealth
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comparative
adjective
uk/kəmˈpær.ə.tɪv/us/kəmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv/
comparing ...
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wealth
noun
uk/welθ/us/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofcomparativeandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The scope of this volume inevitably reflects attendance at the 1988 conference, which in turn reflects the proximity andcomparativewealthof the organisations sponsoring the authors.
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Sofia had a small and shrinking kin network, but hercomparativewealthand generosity enabled her to forge new ties to forestall a potential lack of care in old age.
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We need to understand that in terms that thecomparativewealthof the economy has been in a long and almost uninterrupted decline.
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The people of one-third of the countries of the world are living at the moment incomparativewealth, some poorer, some richer than others.
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Her prosperity andcomparativewealthare due, in the main, to her concentration upon industries which are characteristic of her.
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A complete revolution took place in the nineteenth century transforming almost absolute poverty intocomparativewealth.
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Regard should be had, of course, not only tocomparativewealth, but to the burden already shouldered by contributing governments.
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It is totally unsuitable for application in a period of expansion and ofcomparativewealth—wealth, at any rate, as compared with the rest of the world.
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There is a danger of the courts weighing the balance between thecomparativewealthand status of the adoptive parents and the strained resources of the natural parents.
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This is something that the rest of the countries of the world, whatever their problems, enjoying as they docomparativewealthand wellbeing, must determine to reverse.
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Fair skin is associated withcomparativewealthand desirability as fair skin is deemed a desirable quality in a woman.
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