advantageous marriage

collocation in English

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advantageous
adjective
uk
/ˌæd.vænˈteɪ.dʒəs/us
/ˌæd.vænˈteɪ.dʒəs/
giving advantages or helping to make you ...
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marriage
noun
uk
/ˈmær.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈmer.ɪdʒ/
a legally accepted relationship between two people in which they live together, or the official ceremony that results ...
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It was not an especiallyadvantageousmarriageand may well have been a love affair.
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He also accuses the victims of being greedy and consenting to an apparentlyadvantageousmarriagewithout proper thinking.
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No-one seems to have objected at the time to her making two further advantageous marriages.
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Members of these families tend to marry with the aristocracy or make other advantageous marriages.
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Inside the family the patriarch made all the decisions, and tried to arrange advantageous marriages for his children.
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His widow succeeded in securing advantageous marriages for all their daughters.
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