economical alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicalandalternative

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economical
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪ.kəl/
not using a lot of fuel, ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us
/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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(Definition ofeconomicalandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, a reliable commitment never to defect again - a commitment to correction - can be aneconomicalalternative.
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If these are produced, thus creating a safer and moreeconomicalalternativeto polyurethane foam, so much the better.
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This has for nearly twenty years proved a satisfactory andeconomicalalternativemethod of storage and raw sugar so stored has always been accepted by refiners.
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The advent and growth of the cellular phone market renewed interest in the use of high altitude airships as aneconomicalalternativeto satellites.
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Economicalalternativeto the auto rickshaws are the share autos, in which passengers pay a shared fee to their destination.
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It is seen by most radio station owners as aneconomicalalternativeto employing live disk jockeys around the clock.
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Grain-based animal or poultry feed also provides aneconomicalalternativeto products marketed specifically as cat litter.
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However, the escalating cost of fighter aircraft meant that add-on pods for this purpose were a moreeconomicalalternative.
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It is aneconomicalalternativeto other abatement methods such as removal, disposal and replacement.
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Zero waste can represent aneconomicalalternativeto waste systems, where new resources are continually required to replenish wasted raw materials.
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This was a moreeconomicalalternativeto constructing a completely new bridge.
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For a budget kitchen remodel, a thermofoil cabinet door is an easy andeconomicalalternativeto white paint.
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For this reason, it is a much moreeconomicalalternativeto cartridges which need larger actions types and larger bolt faces.
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Such piers provided aneconomicalalternativeto impounded docks where cargo volumes were low, or where specialist bulk cargo was handled, such as at coal piers.
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Some of the major examples of polysymbolic representation seem clearly to be attributable to a preference for the conventional when more radical and economical alternatives were available.
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