decent return

collocation in English

meaningsofdecentandreturn

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decent
adjective
uk
/ˈdiː.sənt/
us
/ˈdiː.sənt/
socially acceptable ...
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return
noun
uk
/rɪˈtɜːn/
us
/rɪˈtɝːn/
an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they ...
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(Definition ofdecentandreturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was not until the 1980s that they started to see adecentreturnon the money that they had spent a lifetime scraping together.
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Without that subsidy our fishermen are facing bankruptcy, because they are not getting anydecentreturnfor the fish they land at the quay.
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Savers are getting adecentreturn, and quite right too.
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I recognise that it is nowhere near enough to give adecentreturnto producers, but we hope that the trend will continue.
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What hope is there of being able to develop that desirable estate, except at figures which would never yield adecentreturn?
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Additionally, landowners are usually willing to put up the shortfall finance if they can get adecentreturnon their money.
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What has come from the local authority has shown adecentreturnto the taxpayer.
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There is not the same scope in this country for people to get a living and a chance of adecentreturnfor their effort.
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This would enable people to obtain adecentreturnfor the help that they are offering someone.
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We should ensure also that the farmer gets adecentreturn.
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I am acutely aware that people who own houses might let them if they thought that they could get adecentreturnon them.
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I am in favour of paying adecentreturnto men who give good public service.
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The farmer ought to get adecentreturnfor his labour, and the agricultural labourer should have a decent standard of living.
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One is to give agriculturists adecentreturn—and that includes agricultural workers.
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In fact, the industry is still not making a profit or making anydecentreturnon the capital employed.
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We assert that we have also the right to adecentreturnfor that work.
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It follows from not being able to get adecentreturnthat landlords will not come forward.
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The retired people in my constituency who invest their money in the economy through the banks and building societies deserve adecentreturnon it.
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We have seen the chance of adecentreturnto farmers who have invested in beef.
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As a result of not ensuring that the producer had adecentreturn, there was a substantial increase in prices.
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