steady income

collocation in English

meaningsofsteadyandincome

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steady
adjective
uk
/ˈsted.i/us
/ˈsted.i/
happening in a smooth, gradual, and regular way, not suddenly ...
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income
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪŋ.kʌm/us
/ˈɪn.kʌm/
money that is earned from doing work or received ...
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(Definition ofsteadyandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In return for 'going official', musicians were offered asteadyincome, professional instruments and the possibility of touring and releasing records.
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Moreover, it goes without saying that asteadyincomeis a safeguard against poverty.
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It argued against paying lump sums to pensioners as opposed to supplying asteadyincomestream.
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That would ensure more competition, better development, greater concentration on a single entity, and asteadyincome.
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If the first one earns asteadyincomeof £2,500 a year for seven years he would have earned £17,500 at the end of that period.
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This is straightforward for those who are in employment and who have a relativelysteadyincomefrom employment.
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It has not asteadyincomefrom one year to another.
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Why sell one's right to asteadyincomewhen the alternatives are in surplus?
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First, remuneration these days need not necessarily be in the form of cash benefit, payment of retainer orsteadyincome.
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The individual traders said, in effect, that if they could not be certain of asteadyincome, they could not perform those services.
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At the moment, unless a person is assured of a good,steadyincome, mortgages of a reasonable amount are difficult to obtain.
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What is a greater contribution to reducing that deficit than thesteadyincomeearned on invisible account?
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An insurance company or investment trust endeavors to distribute its investments in such a way that it can look forward to a fairlysteadyincome.
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For the sake of stability, security and the opportunity for forward planning, companies need the assurance of asteadyincome.
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They have asteadyincomeand a steady source of work in the scheduled services which they operate.
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Need we point out that tobacco growing, which brings in asteadyincome, greatly assists in maintaining the farming population and therefore trade and public services?
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Actors and actresses of high renown find their services are not called on with the regularity which in other occupations gives a sense of security and asteadyincome.
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We have been careful to invest in irredeemable stock, if possible, but, at any rate, in very long-dated securities which were safe but which gave us asteadyincome.
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