substantial revenue

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandrevenue

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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revenue
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrev.ən.juː/us
/ˈrev.ə.nuː/
the income that a government or company ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandrevenuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They also cultivated cardamom that soon became an important cash crop and brought insubstantialrevenue.
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It is true that we earn asubstantialrevenuefrom the services provided by our ships.
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Everybody knows that there must be a commercial limit to the extent that the railways can increase their prices without losingsubstantialrevenue.
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Charging is asubstantialrevenuesource, which currently accrues primarily to the airlines—many of them foreign-owned—that benefit from the cheap charges.
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We all want that investment to be used for the kind of capital investment that would achievesubstantialrevenuesavings.
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If thesubstantialrevenuefrom that increase were not replaced, the upward pressure on interest rates would be much greater.
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It is expected that this figure will be matched and exceeded in subsequent years and thatsubstantialrevenuesavings will also be achieved.
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We will obtain early andsubstantialrevenuefrom the higher payments introduced for certain areas.
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You are to stop imports from coming into the country and you are at the same time to raise asubstantialrevenueby taxing them.
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The proposed tax will yield asubstantialrevenuethis year and next year when it is needed.
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It is just conceivable, if the experience of inter-city is any guide, that an improvement in these services would attract more passengers andsubstantialrevenue.
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It is unlikely thatsubstantialrevenueis involved.
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One of the most effective means of doing so is by a restriction of capital expenditure with often verysubstantialrevenuecosts and consequences.
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Moreover, these changes will bring in asubstantialrevenue.
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So far from producing extra revenue in this case, he is in fact losingsubstantialrevenue.
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Tin is the company's onlysubstantialrevenue-earning activity.
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I felt that a tax on tranquillisers would bring him in asubstantialrevenue.
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The sale of council houses also generatessubstantialrevenuegains.
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It mentions large sums of money and may seem to offer the promise of raisingsubstantialrevenuein a pleasant and painless way.
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Coral reefs and clear water can attractsubstantialrevenue.
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