GREED


Meaning of GREED in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

corporate

We should look at corporate greed , investor stupidity and lack of backbone within national governments as the down side of globalisation.

The fear of jobs lost to immigrants and Third World countries, to corporate greed .

■ VERB

drive

A reckless deal driven by short-term greed ?

The growing number of people registering their interest in investing are being driven by the greed factor alone.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Greed got him his fancy cars and high-powered boats. And greed caused his downfall.

He is driven by greed and envy.

It's a story of lust, hatred and greed .

No one needs to earn salaries as big as that. It's pure greed , that's all it is.

The greed for power of local politicians is simply amazing.

You don't really want more ice cream -- it's just greed .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A symbol of what his children can and still do to each other because of greed , envy and anger.

But unions say it's pure greed .

He blames greed and racism for those economic realities, and he looks forward to discussing them in the upcoming campaign.

If you want to control the vogue for greed and exploitation, then start using local suppliers.

The fear of jobs lost to immigrants and Third World countries, to corporate greed .

They need to figure out how to make a reasonable profit and knock off the greed .

This wasn't selfishness or greed , just a feeling that it was due.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.