verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
reap rewards (= get them )
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She is now reaping the rewards of all her hard work.
reap the benefits (= enjoy the advantages of something you have worked hard to get )
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He was looking forward to reaping the benefits of all his hard work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
advantage
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In Figure 2.1 the case of reaping comparative advantage is examined.
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The key to minimizing the disadvantages and reaping the advantages of communications over the telephone is the way you behave.
benefit
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All this has happened in the country that was first to reap the benefits of radical reform.
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First, to be sure, some reap material benefit from inflation.
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Let's reap the benefits of a service that is at least 30% better.
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So he reaps the benefits privately and shares the costs publicly.
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The Eastern Bloc has been transformed into a gigantic Enterprise Zone for western capitalists eager to reap the benefits of suppressed consumerism.
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Cities in the county generate most of the sales-tax revenue, yet the county reaps the greatest benefit , he added.
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The intended budget of £5 million could reap benefits in a city where tourist revenue is becoming a principal source of wealth.
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With a minimal amount of solid rewriting, you can reap some surprising benefits .
company
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One way or another these companies intend to reap a return on their investment.
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And the unhappy customer base stayed loyal in enormous numbers so that the company is now reaping the benefit.
fruit
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In other words, capitalists must prosper if there is to be progress and landlords can not help reaping its fruits .
harvest
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In the spring you reap the harvest - or not as the case might be.
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And with his prosthetic hand, Harrelson reaps a harvest of bad sight gags.
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In the past few years dedicated search projects in the United States have reaped a harvest of the skies.
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The gaoler, however, reaped a rich harvest , charging his clients for food, ale, even water.
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I know we have the right team for 1992 so let's reap the harvest that is due to us.
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He was reaping the harvest he had sown.
profit
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There is nothing so admirable as a man who applies his knowledge with forceful direction and from his efficiency reaps a profit .
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Several predicted that they will be reap higher yields and profits while saving their soil.
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Cricket: Red rose blooms in business David Hopps on how Lancashire reaped record profits .
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Hospitals can reap handsome profits that way.
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Her landlord plans to reap big profits housing spectators.
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And she has been criticized for reaping huge profits in commodities trading.
reward
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He did not commit suicide because he had no patent and had reaped no rewards .
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In a defined benefit plan, therefore, you bear the investment risk; however, you also reap the investment rewards .
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In this new phase, many couples reap the rewards of all their efforts of the preceding years.
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Near the end of 1972, both Park and Kim reaped some personal rewards from their headline-making interaction.
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On the contrary, even before the war ended, the property-owners began to reap their reward .
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The student who works harder reaps many rewards and is thus encouraged to continue good efforts.
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But women aren't the only ones to reap the rewards of such praise.
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Gainsharing signaled a new way of reaping the rewards of performance.
scale
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There would also be stimulation of investment to reap economies of scale , and to rationalise production and distribution systems.
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Such a huge number of tiny producers has prevented the beef industry from reaping economies of scale .
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It is also normally assumed that there is a perfectly competitive market structure and no potential to reap economies of scale .
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Strong criticisms are also voiced about the benefits to be reaped from economies of scale .
■ VERB
sow
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Earth, rivers, rain, sowing and reaping all form part of an everyday living process.
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Of what may come hereafter For men who sow to reap .
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A bit of patience will not go amiss in this area either: what one sows another reaps .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
reap a harvest
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And with his prosthetic hand, Harrelson reaps a harvest of bad sight gags.
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In the past few years dedicated search projects in the United States have reaped a harvest of the skies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it was Margaret Thatcher who reaped all the benefits.
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Men and women and children with lives of their own would be waking to reap their own dear sorrows.
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Note that this is only half the apparent pay advantage the average woman would reap from being paid like a man.
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On the contrary, even before the war ended, the property-owners began to reap their reward.
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Several predicted that they will be reap higher yields and profits while saving their soil.
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Siemens also has used the lessons learned in its apprenticeship programs to reap much broader cost savings.
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The plan is provocative, but it is not reaping fulfilling results this week.
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The team reaps only ridicule or, on a good day, apathy.