pecuniary advantage
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She was convicted of 13 counts of fraud, three of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, two of forgery and two of using a false instrument.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023
Ms Alemi denies 13 counts of fraud, three of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, two of forgery and two of using a false instrument.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
Successful farming required strict attention to the work of the farm and leadership brought no pecuniary advantage to the farmer as it did to the business or professional man.
From The Farmer and His Community by Sanderson, Dwight
I will do them the justice to say they usually do so with the intellectually comprehensible end in view of gaining an equivalent pecuniary advantage by it.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
Above all, the business of the roads is not conducted for the pecuniary advantage of a few, but for the common good.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
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