affluent background
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaffluentandbackground
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affluent
adjective
uk/ˈæf.lu.ənt/us/ˈæf.lu.ənt/
having a lot of money or owning a lot ...
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background
noun
uk/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition ofaffluentandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The scheme will pose a question to the person from a lessaffluentbackground.
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Not only did his good looks andaffluentbackgroundadd to his popularity, but his skills in the ring were unmatched.
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Both the ring and watch were rather expensive and like the man's elaborate dental work, suggested that he came from anaffluentbackground.
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Such was the case for several participants from affluent backgrounds who used personal trainers, patronised well-known hair-salons, and bought designer clothes.
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The two students who worked the most during term-time were two students from less affluent backgrounds.
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I mean even people who come from affluent backgrounds, that's like, strange to me, so, they, everyone's not really fitting in with each other, cos everyone comes from different backgrounds.
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Hirschfeld came from anaffluentbackground.
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These statistical analyses suggest that students from less affluent backgrounds are more likely to take on term-time employment, and to work longer hours than students from more affluent backgrounds.
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It is clear that students from poor families are not receiving that money, so those from affluent backgrounds are receiving far more than £631.
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That is true of most parents from affluent backgrounds, who can afford the contribution.
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The report shows that young people from less affluent backgrounds are less likely to see higher education as the route to a higher income.
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They did not want to abolish the maintenance grant and end up with students from a modest-income background finding themselves, say, £10,000 in debt—far more than students from more affluent backgrounds.
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Students from more affluent backgrounds are perhaps more easily persuaded of the merits of low interest loans and, of course, there are real merits in them.
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Some three quarters of students at the older universities come from more affluent backgrounds and it is they who decided to remove the maintenance grants from poorer students.
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We know that many affluent people benefit from higher education and that students from affluent backgrounds, unlike those from poorer backgrounds, will not leave university saddled with loans of £10,000.
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People from deprived and less affluent backgrounds are more likely to get some types of cancer, and are more likely to die from them once they have been diagnosed.
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Not only would it be extremely costly to introduce, taking years to become cost-effective, but it would discourage entry into higher education by women and those from less affluent backgrounds.
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It catered to a young audience, whose demographics included kids in high-school and college; from the aspirational to the affluent backgrounds.
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In contrast, the students many of whom came from relatively affluent backgrounds and were well-connected received much lighter sentences.
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The students came from affluent backgrounds.
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