financial strain

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialandstrain

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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strain
noun
uk
/streɪn/us
/streɪn/
a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes ...
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(Definition offinancialandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Financialstrainwas also negatively related to going out for breakfast.
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Care recipients acknowledged the emotional andfinancialstrainand expressed concern for their spouses.
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They reported a high degree of physical, emotional andfinancialstrain, directly attributable to their caring role.
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And, in response, each was confronted with decisions about whether and how to reshape this programme to reduce long-runfinancialstrain.
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The respondent was asked if his/her family ever had a hard time making ends meet while growing up, approximatingfinancialstrainor childhood socio-economic status.
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Mastery coping appears to act consistently as a protective factor, whereas changes in employment status andfinancialstrainoperate as risk factors.
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What can we do to help families underfinancialstrainto hold together?
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If those factors are coupled, it becomes clear that any business will face severefinancialstrain.
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It is also used every day by children going to school—again, quite a considerablefinancialstrain.
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I want my noble friend to understand without any hint of doubt that the farming community is undergoing acutefinancialstrain.
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That is said by a representative of the company; when the company was relieved offinancialstrain, that was a true exposition of the position.
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I think that the system is afinancialstrainwhich many people resent.
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Of course, some people move out of their area, but most of the wastage is due to thefinancialstrainon the volunteers.
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In the first year of marriage young people experience considerablefinancialstrain, and particularly now that they are marrying at a younger age.
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That would, of course, put companies underfinancialstrainand disadvantage us.
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In all cases of that kind it is manifest that a very great and immediatefinancialstrainis put upon a perfectly innocent individual.
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No one will dispute the fact that the country has been and is still being exposed to a very severefinancialstrain.
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But, of course, the damage andfinancialstrainon any medium or small-sized company, or indeed any large one, are very substantial indeed.
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It is the lifelong attention andfinancialstrainwhich makes this case exceptional and unlike any other kind of dependent relative.
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