MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE

Meaning of MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE in English

noun

a marriage that is made for practical, financial or political reasons and not because the two people love each other

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — [marriage of convenience] (1711): a marriage contracted for social, political, or economic advantage rather than for mutual affection; broadly: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE — брак по расчету
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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