competing firm

collocation in English

meaningsofcompeteandfirm

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compete
verb[I]
uk
/kəmˈpiːt/us
/kəmˈpiːt/
to try to be more successful than someone or ...
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firm
noun[C]
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
a company offering a professional service, for example a company ...
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(Definition ofcompeteandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may not have had the same chances as acompetingfirmbecause of matters entirely outside its control.
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This is information which the company may not wish to be given to acompetingfirm.
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As everybody knows, sales in the cotton trade may easily be lost to a foreigncompetingfirmunless an offer is accepted very quickly.
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The blockbuster problem was raised of a firm buying a few shares in acompetingfirm.
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We simply cannot afford to let acompetingfirmget in first every time.
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Next, the salesman from acompetingfirmtakes him out to lunch.
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It is a network, and onecompetingfirmdepends on its competitors to handle its products efficiently.
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It is very much better that that gentleman should get a capital sum in respect of his restrictive covenant not to enter into the employment of acompetingfirm.
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The business has been doing well until a largecompetingfirmenters their area, attempting to force them out of business.
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Thecompetingfirmwill have no incentive to enter the market once the competitor has the advantage and thus will be deterred.
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Privatization without the introduction of new, competing firms simply maintains the existing monopolies, though with the rents accruing to different owners, and the outmoded enterprises.
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The variety of competing firms is both in their products and practices, that are matched against markets.
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The magazine also covered competing firms, which helped to push circulation to a typical 50,000 copies.
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This means that in contemplating a market action, a firm must take into consideration the possible reactions of all competing firms and the firm's countermoves.
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However, it has traditionally charged approximately 25 percent more than competing firms with an average project of one million dollars.
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This may not apply if the competing firm's products are inferior.
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Large tariffs and license fees eliminated competing firms from the area.
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Research has also shown that market share is a desired asset among competing firms.
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Competing firms could offer a tournament with a lower spread and attract more workers because they would have to invest less.
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Mimetic pressures, in which competing firms model the procedures of competitors, are especially visible in the adoption of domestic-partner benefits.
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