financial empire

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialandempire

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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empire
noun[C]
uk
/ˈem.paɪər/us
/ˈem.paɪr/
a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, ...
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(Definition offinancialandempirefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinancial empire

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They will have an economic andfinancialempireof great potential value to offer.
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A terrificfinancialempireis built up on these funds from year to year.
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I suggest that this success is really due to the fact that we still have an enormously powerfulfinancialempireat our disposal.
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Although hisfinancialempireheld some 4500 companies and 3000 manufacturing plants, it collapsed within a year of his death.
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In the meantime he traveled the world expanding hisfinancialempire.
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After a series of setbacks, hisfinancialempirebroke up in 1926.
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By aggressive investments and innovative financial instruments he built a global match andfinancialempire.
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Boettcher was the head of afinancialempirethat eventually included sugar, livestock, cement, potash, steel, securities, utilities, and transportation.
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As the game progresses, each player'sfinancialempiregrows to a larger number of cities which provide income each turn.
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How could the great construction and public works consortiums have built their financial empires, indeed, without state contracts?
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It has suffered too much from takeover and merger activities whose sole purpose has been to build up and enlarge financial empires.
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