financial drain

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialanddrain

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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drain
noun
uk
/dreɪn/us
/dreɪn/
a pipe or channel that is used to carry away waste matter and water from a building, or an opening in the road that rain water can ...
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(Definition offinancialanddrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinancial drain

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That means that there is an enormousfinancialdrainand a drain on our resources.
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I think the fifteen countries should not worry that the ten new countries will prove afinancialdrain.
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Another fallacy that must be firmly dispelled is that, somehow, football is afinancialdrainon the taxpayer.
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Such husbands find that a gravefinancialdrain.
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The greatestfinancialdrainon the service, of course, is the cost of the manpower employed in the service itself.
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Much of the brunt of thisfinancialdrainis borne by the taxpayers.
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That is a continuingfinancialdrain, which has led to enormous annual losses.
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We will also suffer afinancialdrainfor capital equipment which we shall require, and to pay the salaries of the specialists and experts.
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Money spent in this direction is not afinancialdrain.
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The project had become afinancialdrainto the foundation was detracting from its mission to help children and at-risk families.
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To meet expenses, in the 1930s the family turned their home into a dude ranch, but this response did not stop thefinancialdrain.
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The owner claimed the rent-controlled building had become afinancialdrainand needed new plumbing and electrical systems.
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So as not to be afinancialdrainon the parish, the church building was built in stages.
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But, by far, the biggestfinancialdrainwas the failure to collect revenues for services, which ranged from rent (rates) to utilities.
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The magazine's political marginalization, however, also had financial consequences, becoming a significantfinancialdrainby the early 1940s.
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