expected benefit

collocation in English

meaningsofexpectedandbenefit

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expected
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
us
/ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
believed to be going to happen ...
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benefit
noun
uk
/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/
us
/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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(Definition ofexpectedandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Risk analysis allows us to evaluate theexpectedbenefitthat would motivate users to participate in these interactions.
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In the psychosocial assessment prior to a transplant, it is difficult to estimate theexpectedbenefitto a living donor.
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If a limited budget is available, the model allows one to quantify theexpectedbenefitat a population level, with a certain level of spending.
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Let us assume that the causal structures licensed by the causal view obtain, and so focus onexpectedbenefit.
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If the social costs of participation - costs of union organization, work rules, and the like - are greater than theexpectedbenefit, then we should expect union de33.
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Now consider the effect of over-funding the retirement benefit, by setting the contribution rate high enough to produce anexpectedbenefitmuch larger than the minimum benefit.
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Illegal extraction should thus increase during economic crises, conflicts, and political instability, that is when revenues from legal economic activities shrink compared with theexpectedbenefitof illegal extraction.
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It has long been believed that the answer to this question is found in theexpectedbenefitfor the recipient, and this must exceed the risk for the donor.
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The measures are generally depicted as fundamental postulates, with no need to describe theirexpectedbenefit.
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Consultant neurologists, in consultation with patients, have a choice of treatments within the scheme taking into accountexpectedbenefitand potential side effects.
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However, it is small compared with theexpectedbenefitof the new rules.
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Theexpectedbenefitcost of the measures to public expenditure is £190 million in 1989–90 and £375 million in 1990–91.
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As the product is a prescription medicine, it would be used only after the prescriber had weighed theexpectedbenefitagainst the possible risks to the particular patient.
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We would not disturb the normal state of affairs, in which all litigants run a risk of their litigation being successful but not providing theexpectedbenefit.
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The measurement of subjective aspects of customer service depends on the conformity of theexpectedbenefitwith the perceived result.
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These assumptions are more problematic now, partly because there is little evidence to suggest that the expected benefits of competition have materialized.
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The more effective the threat the more easily justified it is, for the expected benefits would increase with the likelihood of deterrent success.
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In addition, the expected benefits of new treatments can be compared with those achieved using current technology.
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At this point, it is important to acknowledge the often regrettable or painful consequences of our decision, along with the expected benefits.
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This is so because most of us are members of groups of persons whose expected benefits would increase if a non-member followed a redistributive policy.
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