combine
A combinationA combination.: An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
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Meaning
4 sensesA combination.
An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
комбина́тkombinát
комбіна́тkombinát
Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
об'є́днанняobʺjédnannja
An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
- harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- an occurrence that results in things being united
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plural: combinesSynonyms
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1 related wordsSee also
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