economic straits
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandstrait
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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strait
noun
uk/streɪt/us/streɪt/
a narrow area of sea that connects two larger areas ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandstraitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This child was born of a legitimate union, and was given up when the mother was left alone and in dire economic straits.
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Let us bear in mind the experience of other countries, which, after continually piling up armaments, are now in dire economic straits.
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In the country districts the large bus operators who seek to provide a comprehensive service find themselves in tricky economic straits.
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They were set up at a time of parlous economic straits.
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However, we know from the dire economic straits in which those countries find themselves, that the quantum of investment means nothing.
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That is not something that we should greet with much enthusiasm, because it shows the dire economic straits in which our country finds itself.
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But let us not forget that the money is provided by the taxpayer, and the nation is in severe economic straits.
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She is in dire economic straits, particularly in agriculture, because she has lost so many of her best farming people.
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However, in our present economic straits, what would be possible is a great expansion of the family income supplement—not as a long-term remedy, but as a short-term and emergency remedy.
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Farmers will be placed in desperate economic straits and put to huge expense if hunts are banned and the fallen stock service is lost.
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Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits.
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Sulla's veterans were in bad economic straits as well.
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