financial independence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffinancialandindependence
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financial
adjective
uk/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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independence
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/
freedom from being governed or ruled by ...
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(Definition offinancialandindependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffinancial independence
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Even in households where wages were the main resources, this condition did not seem to confer totalfinancialindependence.
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Most preserve theirfinancialindependenceand are less likely to need financial support from their children than older women.
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Other women - cohabiting and married - stressed the importance of having at least a measure offinancialindependencevia earnings.
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In other words, they hope their education leads them tofinancialindependence.
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Against such strategies, young wage-earners asserted their right tofinancialindependenceand were increasingly prominent commercial leisure consumers.
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With respect to political andfinancialindependence, the judicial branch has had a long history of autonomy from the government.
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Put another way, the growingfinancialindependenceof both children and older people may explain the decrease in their co-residence.
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However, the revenue from these ventures is usually not enough to allow themfinancialindependence.
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The way in which these roles shaped access to social andfinancialindependenceis the subject of the following section of this article.
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A lack of anyfinancialindependencewas recognized as exploitation if a daughter felt her family could afford to grant it.
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Thefinancialindependenceof such men meant that they could scorn posts.
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She is talking about feelings of being empowered and of having self-respect gained throughfinancialindependence.
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She risks commodification in choosingfinancialindependenceand abandoning her place within her ancestral culture.
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Increased levels offinancialindependenceby older people through savings and social security also influence the nature and pattern of the generational contract.
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Nevertheless, this does not entirely explain the difference between thefinancialindependenceof young men and young women.
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Financialindependencemade a great deal of difference to those who enjoyed it.
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Family support may no longer be ' taken for granted ' by older parents, as they recognise that pensions, savings and housing assets give them increasingfinancialindependence.
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The final chapter focuses upon leisure and courtship, demonstrating how attention to paid employment aids our understanding of leisure consumption and the youthful quest for social andfinancialindependence.
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The development of the modern welfare state has resulted in thefinancialindependenceof older people and with that the end of significant obligation to support financially in both countries.
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Paid work is seen as the best long-term route tofinancialindependencefor families.
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