efficient competitor

collocation in English

meaningsofefficientandcompetitor

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efficient
adjective
uk
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
working or operating quickly and effectively in an ...
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competitor
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɚ/
a person, team, or company that is competing ...
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(Definition ofefficientandcompetitorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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My concern is for the strong andefficientcompetitorwho sees his inefficient rival using his money, paid in taxes, to compete with him.
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In industry the borderline man would be replaced by a moreefficientcompetitor, but it is not so in farming.
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First, they want to build up their own road services to be worked in conjunction with the nationalised railways, and anyefficientcompetitoris an embarrassment to them.
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We have very severe and efficient competitors in those trades.
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We still have to get it down further so that we can compete with some of our most efficient competitors.
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Our efficient competitors from overseas who establish plants in this country have adopted these practices for many years.
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They will be called upon to pay heavy sums for these levies to re-equip their less efficient competitors; and they may be reluctant to do so.
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That is a most unfair form of preference to be given to what may prove to be the relatively inefficient producers over their more efficient competitors.
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But whatever it means, the basic principle that equally efficient competitors should be required to charge the same prices is objectionable, because it takes no account of differences in costs.
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Why should a retailer be permitted to sell loose flour at a cheaper price than his less efficient competitors and not be permitted to sell packaged flour cheaper?
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