foreign earnings

collocation in English

meaningsofforeignandearnings

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foreign
adjective
uk
/ˈfɒr.ən/us
/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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earnings
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈɜː.nɪŋz/us
/ˈɝː.nɪŋz/
the amount of money that someone is paid ...
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(Definition offoreignandearningsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One is that the merchant fleet is still of monumental importance to this country, as an island nation, for defence, trade andforeignearnings.
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We have to turn sooner or later to the earning capacity of our shipping because we depend upon it forforeignearnings.
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We have too much at stake, both in the way offoreignearningsand in terms of national prestige.
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Foreignearningstotal £320 million a year, including dollar earnings of over £100 million.
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About one-third of its production is exported, yielding more than £40 million annually inforeignearnings.
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Some £180 million is received inforeignearningseach year.
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Netforeignearningswere £978 million, compared with £397 million in 1968.
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Over £650 million of that was accounted for byforeignearnings.
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Let them think of the millions of tourists who flock to this country, upon whom we are increasingly dependent forforeignearnings.
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Why tax an industry that brings inforeignearningsand has high investment and employment?
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This is the only industry in this country that has to bring itsforeignearningsback here.
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The only way we are doing this is by ourforeignearnings, and in these the shipping industry plays a very important part.
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As we cannot predict what futureforeignearningswill be, we have had to link it to pastforeignearnings.
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They have a vast impact not only on our international prestige, but on ourforeignearnings.
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The whole question offoreignearningsin this sphere appears to be very important.
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It is a source offoreignearnings, but nothing else.
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Over £700 million of that was accounted for byforeignearnings.
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To withdraw aid in those circumstances would be damaging to the country and would rob it of a good deal offoreignearnings.
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One subtracts imports from exports, and that is one'sforeignearnings.
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It makes an important contribution—some £4,500 million inforeignearningslast year—to the nation's trading account.
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