escalating price
collocation in Englishmeaningsofescalateandprice
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escalate
verb
uk/ˈes.kə.leɪt/us/ˈes.kə.leɪt/
to become or make something become greater or ...
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price
noun[C]
uk/praɪs/us/praɪs/
the amount of money for which something ...
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(Definition ofescalateandpricefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many villages without water networks are facing shortages, as water tankers cannot access villages, or people can no longer afford theescalatingpriceof tankered water.
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They will have no fixed price options in anescalatingpricemarket, and there will be the possibility of rising mortgage rates to finance the new council tenant borrowing.
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It shows, too, the difficulties that many people are facing as a result of theescalatingpriceof electricity.
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Does he realise that these problems are being aggravated daily, especially with theescalatingpriceof petrol?
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We have since seenescalatingpriceincreases.
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Many villages without water networks are facing shortages, as water tankers cannot access villages, or people can no longer afford theescalatingpriceof tankered water.
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School kids have been forced by theescalatingpriceof school dinners to go outside schools, at some danger to themselves, and about the town getting take-away food.
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Each population card is purchased at anescalatingpricerelative to the plot it's for.
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The result is often a substantial reduction in clearing price at a time when increasing demand would otherwise result in escalating prices.
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Production delays, the lack of a viable distribution strategy, and the escalating prices for the finished product all contributed to the failure.
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Initially, an unmitigated peak in oil production would manifest itself as rapidly escalating prices and a worldwide energy crisis.
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With escalating prices and increasing global demand, reactor-produced noble metals are emerging as an alternative source.
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Fortunately, growing demand for these products meant a ready market with mostly escalating prices.
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