economic advantage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandadvantage
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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advantage
noun
uk/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The large farms have aneconomicadvantage, as their proportion of functioning wells is higher than that of other classes.
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For example, parents seekingeconomicadvantagefor their male offspring may find they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
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There is aneconomicadvantagein releasing recordings based on foreign master recordings: no local development costs are involved.
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The motivation was againeconomicadvantagefor the state.
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For the institution, a successful transplant program is aneconomicadvantage.
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Net worth is important for quality of life because it captureseconomicadvantageor disadvantage accumulated over the lifecourse.
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When confronted by concerted union action, many bituminous mine operators offered to collaborate with each other and the union for their mutualeconomicadvantage.
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Thus, the third part of the paper is concerned with quantifying theeconomicadvantageto organic systems conferred by forage legumes.
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To gaineconomicadvantage, to install military bases, and to gain world supremacy, he responds.
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For example, parents seekingeconomicadvantagefor their male offspring may find that they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
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A commercial question: in addition to knowledge and consent, should data subjects not share in theeconomicadvantageto which their personal data contribute?
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So too, however, may issues of class andeconomicadvantageaffecting issues like familial burden and dependence.
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However,economicadvantageis not enough to secure the widespread adoption of forage legumes.
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Farmers and ranchers are unlikely to change the way they manage their cattle and parasite problems unless they see convincing evidence that a new approach will confer aneconomicadvantage.
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States that have already shown themselves indifferent to bioethics in pursuit of competitiveeconomicadvantageare unlikely to be troubled by the issues that he is raising.
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A comparison of animal versus human energetics and wheat versus maize productivity demonstrates that other factors may significantly outweigh the possibleeconomicadvantageof draft animals over human land transport.
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This paper reviews experimental-based research on both the comparative economics of legume-based systems and grass swards and also theeconomicadvantagethat forage legumes confer on organic systems.
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It is against this backdrop that the aerospace industry negotiates contracts that have little regard for efficiency but have more to do with maintainingeconomicadvantage.
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