verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
maximize profits (= make them as big as possible )
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Every firm tries to maximize its profits.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
benefit
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By applying this principle total world output will be maximized and benefits will accrue to all parties.
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It can instead devote its time, money, and energy to maximizing the benefits it has realized.
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How, then, can a poor country maximize its benefits from such projects?
chance
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Thinking constantly in terms of end-results maximizes the chance of achieving them.
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It maximized my chances for making solid contact by starting with the tough ones and ending with the one-two.
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Keeping wives in work will therefore maximize the chances of their husbands hearing about possible job openings.
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What she did, however, was to maximize her chances of responding positively.
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How do they maximize their chances of career development?
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From the outset, Taylor maximized his chances of assembling a Great Group by looking for people who could work collaboratively.
opportunity
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Our presence is not intended to be flashy and we want to minimize our risks while maximizing our opportunities .
utility
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This, presumably one could say, maximizes their utility .
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The wage is set by the union executive to maximize the expected utility of the median voter.
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Consumers maximize utility subject to possible quantity constraints.
value
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The result is that they are bought up by development companies, insurance companies and pension funds looking to maximize their value .
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Following this rule will result in choosing the investment that will maximize the value added to the firm.
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Such a policy will maximize the value of the firm.
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In general, every household and every firm are motivated to maximize the value associated with the resources and goods they control.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Diamonds are cut to maximize the stone's beauty.
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The bank's function is to maximize profits, and that requires some risk-taking.
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We need to look at how to maximize our cash flow.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both, however, exist to maximize the inclusive fitness of breeding in their exponents.
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Carr and the Celtics have done a decent job the past 48 hours, maximizing the suspense surrounding their new lineup.
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Following this rule will result in choosing the investment that will maximize the value added to the firm.
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Strategies that maximize the individual fitness component may be termed selfish.
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The aim of everyone, irrespective of weight, should be to modify their eating very slightly to maximize health benefits.
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The idea that maximizing personal consumption is central to individual welfare is less than two hundred years old.
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The result is that they are bought up by development companies, insurance companies and pension funds looking to maximize their value.
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The state / firm attempts to use productive resources optimally to maximize the supply of appropriate goods available for consumers.