voluntary purchase

collocation in English

meaningsofvoluntaryandpurchase

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voluntary
adjective
uk
/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us
/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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purchase
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.tʃəs/us
/ˈpɝː.tʃəs/
something that ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandpurchasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We also support the principle ofvoluntarypurchasegrant and the right to buy for housing association tenants.
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The whole structure of this business shows an effort made to squeeze outvoluntarypurchaseand to coerce the owner.
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Thevoluntarypurchasescheme applies only to property included within the surface safeguarded area.
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Does this mean that there will be onlyvoluntarypurchase?
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This has been due to the difficulty of bringing negotiations forvoluntarypurchaseto a successful isue.
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Some housing associations offer thevoluntarypurchasegrant scheme.
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It would also be so in the case ofvoluntarypurchase.
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It is intended that there should be on this occasion simplyvoluntarypurchaseof land and no attempt at compulsory powers.
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Two have been offeredvoluntarypurchase, but without the mark-up or assistance with costs.
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There are no present plans to broaden the terms of, or area covered by, thevoluntarypurchasescheme for this route section.
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I think it will be really a sweeping up process aftervoluntarypurchasehas ceased.
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Some landowners take it as a threat behind negotiations forvoluntarypurchase; but here is a case where compulsory powers are genuinely essential.
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It deals with thevoluntarypurchaseof blighted property.
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They cannot even buy land byvoluntarypurchase, and even if it is given to them they must sell it again.
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Thevoluntarypurchasescheme is not working properly.
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We want action now, either byvoluntarypurchaseor by final compensation, to put my constituents out of their misery.
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It is no good making a blanket automatic exclusion from thevoluntarypurchasescheme of every home above tunnel along the entire route.
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Indeed, in thevoluntarypurchasegrant scheme for housing associations' existing stock, which started this year, the same principle is used.
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We have already agreed a set of proposals for thevoluntarypurchasegrant scheme.
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It is merely a stage in the transaction forvoluntarypurchase.
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