noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
mature
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Among our sample were six engineers who, with differing motives, had been mature entrants to the profession.
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Meanwhile, the number of mature entrants to higher education has risen by 65 percent since 1979.
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An additional factor in considering the question of definition is that by far the majority of non-traditional entrants are also mature entrants.
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This difference was explained largely by the higher rate of withdrawal for non academic reasons for mature entrants .
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Others presumably went into employment thus joining the pool of potential young mature age entrants .
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Establish training courses for mature entrants .
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The second area of contention was the treatment of mature entrants .
new
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A new entrant , joining in July 1960, had devilled for all but one of the dozen or so lawyers by Christmas.
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My public school is under state mandate to conduct a screening for new entrants , and kindergarten children fall into this category.
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These people will be highly attractive to would-be new entrants , who are expected to head-hunt them.
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There may be an age ceiling for new entrants .
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The Inns now contribute £1.5 million per year by way of scholarships to new entrants .
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A new entrant into a creative department can expect to be doing such jobs.
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The new entrant in this category, and one who interests me a lot, is Fred Couples.
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Introducing renewable limited-term tenancies for agricultural land, encouraging new entrants to farming.
potential
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Therefore the possibility of there being a natural monopoly is intimately related to the assumptions regarding potential entrant behaviour.
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In the previous chapter we hypothesized that potential entrants assume that the industry price will not be affected by their entry.
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Firms may use advertising to defend their existing position or to signal to potential entrants that incursions will be challenged.
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If this will always happen, potential entrants will be deterred.
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The basic idea is that sunk costs shift profit outcomes in the post-entry game so that a potential entrant will be deterred.
■ VERB
attract
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No Women's Open was held as it attracted so few entrants , so all gained automatic entry to the Grand Prix.
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Rapid market growth and sector under-capacity encouraged Pilkingtons to expand and attracted new entrants to the marketplace without adverse effects on profits.
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It's well worth submitting entries to minor competitions as they often attract very few entrants giving high chances of success.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Davis was selected from 200,000 entrants to win the trip to the Super Bowl.
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The winning entrant will receive a scholarship to the famous college of art and a year's supply of artist's materials.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to other entrants and thanks to Peugeot for sponsoring the competition.
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Employment prospects were also at least as good and in some cases slightly better than for school leaver entrants.
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Firms may use advertising to defend their existing position or to signal to potential entrants that incursions will be challenged.
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Introducing renewable limited-term tenancies for agricultural land, encouraging new entrants to farming.
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Many executives who leave their jobs transfer to other executive or managerial positions, limiting openings for new entrants.
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The 61 entrants were informed of the limit last week.
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The project seeks to chart the speed of reaction by entrants to profitable opportunities, and documents the principal barriers to entry.
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The registration statistics revealed only 4.5% as non-standard entrants, and this may be a slightly exaggerated figure.