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PRONUNCIATION OF BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beggar-My-Neighbour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beggar-my-neighbour in the English dictionary

The definition of beggar-my-neighbour in the dictionary is a card game in which one player tries to win all the cards of the other player. Other definition of beggar-my-neighbour is relating to or denoting an advantage gained by one side at the expense of the other.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR

begaze
begem
beget
begetter
begetting
beggar
beggar-ticks
beggar´s-lice
beggar´s-ticks
beggardom
beggarhood
beggarliness
beggarly
beggarweed
beggary
begged
begging
begging bowl
begging letter
beggingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR

arbour
Barbour
bonded labour
calembour
child labour
direct labour
division of labour
fishing harbour
forced labour
free labour
harbour
labour
manual labour
neighbour
New Labour
next door neighbour
safe harbour
skilled labour
slave labour
tambour

Synonyms and antonyms of beggar-my-neighbour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beggar-my-neighbour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR

Find out the translation of beggar-my-neighbour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beggar-my-neighbour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beggar-my-neighbour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乞丐,我的邻居
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empobrecer al vecino
570 millions of speakers

English

beggar-my-neighbour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भिखारी वाली मेरी पड़ोसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إفقار الجار بلدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разори соседа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mendigo -meu- vizinho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিক্ষুক-মাই-প্রতিবেশী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mendiant mon voisin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengemis-my-tetangga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beggar-my -neighbour-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乞食 - 私の傍
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

걸인 - 내 - 이웃
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Beggar-my-neighbor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn mày - tôi - hàng xóm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிச்சைக்காரன்-என்-அண்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिकारी-माझे-शेजारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir kâğıt oyunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

beggar -my -neighbour
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żebrak -my- sąsiad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знищ сусіда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerșetor - mi - vecin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζητιάνος - μου - γείτονα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedelaar - my - buurman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tiggare - min - granne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tigger - my- nabo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beggar-my-neighbour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR»

The term «beggar-my-neighbour» is used very little and occupies the 178.611 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR»

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Beggar My Neighbour
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Lionel Fielden, 2011
2
Beggar My Neighbour; a Novel
This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
E. D. Gerard, William Blackwood & Sons, 2010
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Articles on Accumulating-Type Card Games, Including: ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
4
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Economics
Maurice Dobb BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR POLICY (*International economics) It is a policy of increasing the exports of the country at the expense of those of other countries. The policy, no doubt, benefits the country in question, but it harms the ...
N. B. Ghodke, 1985
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Dictionnaire de Politique Et D`économie:
F: politique du «beggar-my- neighbour». G: "beggar-my-neigh- bour" -Politik. . beggar -my -neighbour" •Politik / „Schädige den Nachbarn". Politik, die ihre Maßnahmen darauf richtet, inländische Arbeitslosigkeit auf Kosten des Auslandes zu ...
Harry Back, Günter Marquard, 1967
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The Economics of Joan Robinson
8. BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR. POLICIES. The. 1930s. and. the. 1980s1. Annamaria. Simonazzi. The relationship between the external equilibrium and the objective of a high level of employment is the leitmotiv in Joan Robinson's ...
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Luigi Pasinetti, Alesandro Roncaglia, 2005
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The Sabbath, by R. Haish
Is that beggar my neighbour, asks the proud and ostentatious rich man, on whom I bestowed my bounty on the highway to prevent him from offering me any further annoyance? I will give him an alms, but who will seriously require it of me, that I ...
Robert Huish, 1823
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
Rodon's r. d. Remnant Mr. Pollock's f. d. Beggar-my-neighbour, beat Capt. Archdall'a be. d. Mull Capt. Radon's w. d. Seahorse, beat Mr. Hewitt na. f. b. Louisa. II. Busy beat Don't j Beggar-my-neighbour beat Seahorse. in. Capt. Carleton's Busy ...
John William Carleton
9
Dickens's Great Expectations: Misnar's Pavilion versus ...
In Dickens's opinion, Collins struck no telling blows against snobbery, certainly not by having Mat challenge Zack to "a turn-to at Beggar- my- Neighbour. Sixpence a time" (Hd~S, 289). They play for over an hour with "a greasy pack of cards" ...
Jerome Meckier
10
International Economic Law, Globalization and Developing ...
The design of the immediate post-war architecture was greatly influenced by the interwar experience when pursuit of self-interest by many countries through beggar-my-neighbour policies had led to the breakdown of international trade and ...
Julio Faundez, Celine Tan, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beggar-my-neighbour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thoughts out of a hat
... foreign exchange reserves and depreciating their own currency - what Joan Robinson called "beggar-my-neighbour" policy in the 1930s. «Calcutta Telegraph, May 15»
2
The Hofjager Hunting Pack Is the Oldest Complete Deck of Cards in …
... Thirty-One, the ancestor of Blackjack; and the ancestors of what we now regard as simple games for children, such as Beggar-my-Neighbour. «Slate Magazine, May 15»
3
ELECTION 2015: What the parties say on Europe and immigration
“We need to prevent beggar-my-neighbour races to the worst environmental and employment rights standards because it is may be more ... «Daily Echo, May 15»
4
Is Tax Avoidance Really Normal?
This beggar-my-neighbour argument, if followed to its logical conclusion, would see everyone do the same and destroy the tax base entirely. «Huffington Post UK, Feb 15»
5
Basic Income Pilots: A Better Option Than QE
... especially as QE is showing signs of becoming a modern form of protectionism, inducing beggar-my-neighbour currency devaluations. «Social Europe, Feb 15»
6
Peston: Will cheap euros save the eurozone?
But there is also an element of beggar-my-neighbour in what the ECB is doing - in that a falling euro means the sterling price of goods and ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
7
Is Ghana in Search of Sustainable Agriculture?
This is part of mercantilist beggar-my-neighbour economics reminiscent of the 18th and 19th centuries. I do not know which World Trade ... «Vibe Ghana, Nov 14»
8
Outbreak of entitlement confuses ABC critics
we need the ABC more in the bush, nobody here is disputing that, and its the hypocrisy and beggar-my-neighbour stupidity of the LNP that is to ... «Crikey, Nov 14»
9
World Economy: Capitalism lurches from one crisis to another
“In those circumstances, getting the debt down in the weaker consuming economies leads to international beggar-my-neighbour. Everyone ... «In Defense of Marxism, Nov 14»
10
Japan actions risk igniting currency war
With Tokyo going for beggar-my-neighbour devaluation and the eurozone eyeing a low exchange rate through its version of QE, Beijing will be ... «Financial Times, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Beggar-My-Neighbour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/beggar-my-neighbour>. May 2024 ».
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