quick answer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofquickandanswer
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quick
adjective
uk/kwɪk/us/kwɪk/
happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a ...
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answer
noun[C]
uk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/
a reaction to a question, letter, phone ...
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(Definition ofquickandanswerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thequickansweris liquidity and counterparty risk.
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Normally you might supply aquickanswer, followed by an example which you have thought up on the spur of the moment.
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Well, thequickansweris 'on our own', and maybe that's where we should be.
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Thequickanswerto this is to our local newspaper has a regular our.
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Aquickansweris that the two publications are, in many ways, both very different and yet complementary.
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Thequickansweris no.
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It gives him aquickanswerto his problems.
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We did not say that democracy would ensure that all the problems would be solved and that it was an easy,quickanswer.
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I think thequickanswerwould be that it would be difficult to have a list which was absolutely inclusive and covered all possible circumstances.
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There is noquickanswerto the problem of how businesses should contribute, justly and equitably, to the costs of the local community.
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There is noquickanswerto the problem of evasion but enforcement activity is steadily increasing.
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It is not aquickanswerbut it is a real and distinct one.
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We want to get the right answer, not simply aquickanswer.
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One can get a veryquickanswerfrom the county court compelling the freeholder to transfer the legal interest.
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I would not like to see such infringements resulting from the search for aquickanswerto this specific problem.
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I should not like to give aquickanswerto that question.
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I see no point in reaching aquickanswerif it is the wrong one.
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But we certainly cannot assume that world recovery will be rapid enough to provide aquickanswerto our difficulties.
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