MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE

Meaning of MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE in English

[marriage of convenience] (1711): a marriage contracted for social, political, or economic advantage rather than for mutual affection; broadly: a union or cooperation formed solely for pragmatic reasons

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — Date: 1711 a marriage contracted for social, political, or economic advantage rather than for mutual affection
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — Etymology: translation of French mariage de convenance : a marriage contracted rather for the advantages (as keeping an estate in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — marriage entered into for a personal or family advantage, as for social, political, or economic reasons, usually without love and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — marriage entered into for practical reasons (and not for love)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — Date: 1711 : a marriage contracted for social, political, or economic advantage rather than for mutual affection ; broadly : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — 1711 : a marriage contracted for social, political, or economic advantage rather than for mutual affection broadly : a union …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — ■ noun a marriage concluded primarily to achieve a practical purpose.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — noun a marriage that is made for practical, financial or political reasons and not because the two people love each …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — ˌmarriage of conˈvenience BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . an agreement between two or more countries, businesses, or people that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A marriage of convenience brings danger, suspense, and love to Marianne. ▪ He told me …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
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MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
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MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
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MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
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MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARRIAGE — A woman becomes lawful for a man by contracting marriage. There are two kinds of marriages: (i) Permanent marriage and …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — higayon
English-Visayan vocabulary
CONVENIENCE — I. noun Date: 14th century fitness or suitability for performing an action or fulfilling a requirement, 2. something (as an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MARRIAGE
Английский словарь Британика
CONVENIENCE — I. kənˈvēnyən(t)s, -nēən- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin convenientia, from convenient-, conveniens + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — (n.) Alt. of Conveniency
Английский словарь Webster
CONVENIENCE — ( n. ) Alt. of Conveniency
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — /mar"ij/ , n. 1. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — /keuhn veen"yeuhns/ , n. 1. the quality of being convenient; suitability. 2. anything that saves or simplifies work, adds to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — I. kən-ˈvēn-yən(t)s noun Date: 14th century 1. : fitness or suitability for performing an action or fulfilling a requirement 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARRIAGE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARRIAGE — vt any intimate or close union. 2. marriage ·vt the marriage vow or contract. 3. marriage ·vt a feast made …
Webster English vocab
CONVENIENCE — [con.ve.nience] n (14c) 1: fitness or suitability for performing an action or fulfilling a requirement 2. a: something (as an …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARRIAGE — / ˈmærɪdʒ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the legal relationship between a husband and wife : a happy …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — / kənˈviːniəns; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the quality of being useful, easy or suitable for sb : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARRIAGE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONVENIENCE — con ‧ ve ‧ ni ‧ ence /kənˈviːniəns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ inconvenience ; noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARRIAGE — n. 1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CONVENIENCE — n. 1 the quality of being convenient; suitability. 2 freedom from difficulty or trouble; material advantage (for convenience). 3 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARRIAGE — n. 1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — n. 1 the quality of being convenient; suitability. 2 freedom from difficulty or trouble; material advantage (for convenience). 3 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — n.1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have children. …
Oxford English vocab
CONVENIENCE — n.1 the quality of being convenient; suitability. 2 freedom from difficulty or trouble; material advantage (for convenience). 3 an advantage …
Oxford English vocab
MARRIAGE — ( marriages) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A marriage is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — ( conveniences) 1. If something is done for your convenience , it is done in a way that is useful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARRIAGE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONVENIENCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES convenience food ▪ We eat too little fresh food, relying instead on convenience foods. convenience …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARRIAGE — [noun] - a legally accepted relationship between a woman and a man in which they live as husband and wife, …
Cambridge English vocab
CONVENIENCE — [noun] [U]I like the convenience of living so near work - it only takes me five minutes to get there.Just …
Cambridge English vocab
MARRIAGE
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MARRIAGE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONVENIENCE — noun 1 being useful/easy/suitable ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ added , additional , extra ▪ All our chalets include a microwave …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — n. 25B6; noun a proposal of marriage : (HOLY) MATRIMONY, wedlock. the marriage took place at St Margaret's : WEDDING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONVENIENCE — n. 25B6; noun the convenience of the arrangement : EXPEDIENCE, advantageousness, advantage, opportuneness, propitiousness, timeliness; suitability, appropriateness. for convenience, the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MARRIAGE
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — сущ. 1) брак, супружество; замужество; женитьба to announce a marriage ≈ объявлять о решении вступить в брак to annul a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONVENIENCE — сущ. 1) пригодность Syn : suitability, commodiousness 2) удобство at one's convenience ≈ как будет удобно to await one's convenience, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARRIAGE — marriage.ogg ʹmærıdʒ n 1. брак; замужество; женитьба; супружество cross marriages - а) перекрёстные браки, браки, заключённые соответственно между сёстрами и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CONVENIENCE — convenience.ogg kənʹvi:nıəns\ n 1. удобство for convenience, for convenience's sake - для удобства for the convenience of tourists of clients, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CONVENIENCE — 1) удобство, удобность 2) благоприятная возможность 3) приспособление, механизм, устройство • - notational convenience
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MARRIAGE — marriage сущ.1) брак, супружество; замужество; женитьба to announce a marriage — объявлять о решении вступить в брак to annul a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MARRIAGE — n 1. брак; замужество; женитьба; супружество cross marriages - а) перекрёстные браки, браки, заключённые соответственно между сёстрами и братьями двух …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CONVENIENCE — 1. удобство for convenience, for convenience's sake - для удобства for the convenience of tourists of clients, of shoppers - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MARRIAGE — сущ. 1) брак, супружество; замужество; женитьба to announce a marriage — объявлять о решении вступить в брак to annul a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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