social market

British  

noun

1. 1. an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility

   2. ( as modifier )

      a social-market economy

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Example Sentences

Dr James Noyes from the cross-party think tank The Social Market Foundation described them as "sink holes on the high street", adding: "They extract money often from some of the poorest people in the country."

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They are particularly popular among white working class students, according to research by the Social Market Foundation think tank.

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Think tanks - such as the centrist Social Market Foundation – have also pushed alternative options such as cancelling the Lower Thames Crossing, taxing empty property, and taking another look at the triple lock, which can lead to inflation-busting increases in state pensions.

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They are particularly popular among white working class students, according to research by the Social Market Foundation, external think tank.

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But the Social Market Foundation think tank says winter fuel payments go to many well-off pensioners who do not need it and have proposed more targeted support for energy bills.

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