financial catastrophe
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffinancialandcatastrophe
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financial
adjective
uk/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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catastrophe
noun[C]
uk/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/us/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/
a sudden event that causes very great trouble ...
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(Definition offinancialandcatastrophefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, the diversity also reduces income variability and the risk offinancialcatastrophe.
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I will show in a moment what effect thatfinancialcatastrophehad upon this country as well.
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The mere fact that there has been afinancialcatastropheon a grand scale does not necessarily show that there has been dishonesty.
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It has seen the western world, of which it is the leader, threatened with possiblefinancialcatastrophe.
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You are dealing with a period offinancialcatastrophe.
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That is not just a human tragedy: it is afinancialcatastrophefor some of the countries concerned.
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The only thing that has really changed is the imminence of the predictedfinancialcatastrophe.
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It does nothing whatever for the man who is in the industry to-day; it guarantees no success whatever for the future; and it cannot but prove a tremendousfinancialcatastrophe.
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For example, if one of the main clearing banks was to suffer afinancialcatastrophetomorrow, would the state sit idly by while it went broke?
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When they were faced with an unexpected crisis, such as a serious repair bill or inability to work through illness, such people found themselves facing a very realfinancialcatastrophe.
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Accident and emergency provision facesfinancialcatastrophe.
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To make up for their husband'sfinancialcatastrophe, the wives decide to work.
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Of the eighty worst financial catastrophes during the last four decades, only five were in democracies.
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