flourishing trade

collocation in English

meaningsofflourishingandtrade

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flourishing
adjective
uk
/ˈflʌr.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us
/ˈflɝː.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/
growing or ...
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trade
noun
uk
/treɪd/us
/treɪd/
the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people ...
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(Definition offlourishingandtradefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Flourishingtrade, both foreign and internal, was the dominant factor in the development of urban centres.
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There would have been mostflourishingtradebut for the coal dispute, and there would have been magnificent exports to foreign markets.
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There is no doubt that it is aflourishingtrade.
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There are many reasons why it is aflourishingtrade.
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The quota system led to a situation in which quotas were being artificially inflated before deadlines and aflourishingtradein licences had sprung up.
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But these points are valid only if there isflourishingtrade.
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There was a big campaign to burn more coal, and the beginnings of aflourishingtradein modern coal-burning appliances.
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In particular, theflourishingtradein breeding cattle collapsed.
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Drugs are now aflourishingtrade.
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Aberdovey—we have all heard of the bells—was once a flourishing port; indeed, even up to the last year before the war, it had aflourishingtrade.
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This enabled it to profit from aflourishingtradein opium, copper, silk, sandals, date palms and coffee.
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Incomes fromflourishingtradeallowed the town center to be rebuilt in two decades.
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Besides this common canvas, the onceflourishingtradeof grains, flour, saffron, fruits, truffles and poultry continues.
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In olden times there was aflourishingtradein palm tree products which has gradually declined over a period of time.
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Because of its strategic location along important infrastructure the town grew rich because offlourishingtrade.
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The township is aflourishingtradeand commerce centre.
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European powers wanted to take control of the port, which had aflourishingtrade.
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Because of its strategic location along important infrastructure lines, and because offlourishingtrade, the town grew rich.
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Roman booksellers carried on aflourishingtrade.
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Pera became aflourishingtradecolony, ruled by a podest.
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