economic necessity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandnecessity
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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necessity
noun
uk/nəˈses.ə.ti/us/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They did not wish to compete politically with men but were forced into the job market byeconomicnecessity.
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Individuals whose relatives went abroad out of direeconomicnecessitywere suspect; families of men interned during the military campaign became 'socially dangerous elements'.
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Finally, continual refinement of the payment system is not a sign of political weakness but ofeconomicnecessity.
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Within this section of the community, we can speculate that a widow's remarriage was seen in a rather different light, that ofeconomicnecessity.
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How could a mother alloweconomicnecessityto overwhelm her feelings for her child?
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Higher production costs, coupled with lower yields, established aneconomicnecessityfor a price premium for organic cotton.
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Aside from innate maternal desire to feed their own children, and a wish to delay conception of the next child, there was the overridingeconomicnecessityto breast-feed.
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From this failure, one learned of theeconomicnecessityof a free, self-regulating market and its constitutional accouterments - private property, individual rights, and the rule of law.
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Composing was still part of the traditional training of a kapellmeister; only in the 20th century did theeconomicnecessitybehind this twin-track career path disappear.
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He correlates this development with the rapid circulation of information where musical luxury is viewed aseconomicnecessity, world music now being a symbol of prestige in a cosmopolitan age.
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Although their numbers initially were regulated by state andeconomicnecessity, this changed once they decided to stay and were afforded the right to family reunion.
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When they did arrive at a reconciliation, it was over similar appreciations of theeconomicnecessity of industrialisation and modernisation and the political imperative of elite-controlled parties and directed democracy.
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In other words, retrenchment is more a matter of national ideological preference thaneconomicnecessity, where the former is moulded by an interpretation of the potential impact of globalisation.
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We must no longer take this approach: migratory flows and population exchanges are aneconomicnecessityand a human resource for host countries.
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That has been done as a matter ofeconomicnecessity.
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They can plead their cause andeconomicnecessity.
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I am quite sure that in this industry we can argue theeconomicnecessityfor having ultimately one employer to serve one dock area.
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For only they can lead us out of the tunnel ofeconomicnecessityinto daylight.
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They are, first, theeconomicnecessityof using large transport units; secondly, the necessity for rapid decisions: and, thirdly, the trend away from labour-intensive projects.
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Anybody with experience of the industry appreciates, for example, theeconomicnecessityfor coal and the dangers involved in winning it.
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