oil revenue
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoilandrevenue
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oil
noun
uk/ɔɪl/us/ɔɪl/
petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ...
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revenue
noun[U]
uk/ˈrev.ən.juː/us/ˈrev.ə.nuː/
the income that a government or company ...
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(Definition ofoilandrevenuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoil revenue
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This has increased the country's dependence onoilrevenue, fuelled corruption and distorted social values.
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The countries are almost totally dependent onoilrevenue.
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Most of the groups are united on the need for increasedoilrevenueflow to the region.
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Structural revenue is the sum of non-oil structural revenue andoilrevenue.
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It is suggested that factionalism has undermined longterm planning and stable policies, but factors such as fluctuations inoilrevenueor class conflict may have been equally important.
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Looking back at the long history of agricultural and economic development between 1950 and 1980, one cannot help but notice thatoilrevenueoverwhelmed economic policy-making.
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He knows that certain long-term benefits will come to his area almost regardless of what happens in terms of increases inoilrevenuegenerally.
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Surely common sense tells us that thatoilrevenueshould be used to create jobs, investment and new initiatives.
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We have managed to get through with the vast costs involved in massive unemployment only because of theoilrevenue.
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Why not use some of theoilrevenue?
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The rise inoilrevenueshould have made it possible to avoid that conflict.
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It is clear thatoilrevenuehas financed the experiments with our economy, of which the main cost has been 4 million unemployed.
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That in turn will mean that in the early years we shall have more funds available fromoilrevenuefor other purposes.
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Worst of all, they have billions ofoilrevenuethat they are squandering on financing mass unemployment.
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The capacity of the oil exporters to absorboilrevenuewill be greater than had been estimated.
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We have borrowed countless millions on the strength ofoilrevenue.
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The present situation withoilrevenueon a 50–50 basis has nothing sacrosanct about it.
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I shall not speak of the appalling corruption and the misappropriation ofoilrevenue.
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Of course, it all goes back to the good luck of theoilrevenue.
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