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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTCODE LOTTERY

postcode lottery play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTCODE LOTTERY

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postcode lottery 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 POSTCODE LOTTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Postcode lottery

In the United Kingdom, the term postcode lottery refers to the way the allocation of postcodes, which often bears little relation to local government boundaries, can affect such things as insurance prices. The term is also used to refer to the way local budgets and decision-making can lead to different levels of public services in different places especially with regard to health and social services, e.g. access to cancer drugs or quality of education.

Definition of postcode lottery in the English dictionary

The definition of postcode lottery in the dictionary is a situation in which the standard of medical care, education, etc, received by the public varies from area to area, depending on the funding policies of various health boards, local authorities, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTCODE LOTTERY

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postcoital
postcollege
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Postcomm
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postcopulatory
postcoronary
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WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTCODE LOTTERY

assault and battery
battery
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flattery
fluttery
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National Lottery
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tottery

Synonyms and antonyms of postcode lottery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postcode lottery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTCODE LOTTERY

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

Translator English - Chinese

邮编彩票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lotería del código postal
570 millions of speakers

English

postcode lottery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिन कोड लॉटरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرمز البريدي اليانصيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почтовый индекс лотерея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

CEP loteria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোস্টকোড লটারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loterie code postal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loteri kod pos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Postleitzahl Lotterie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

郵便番号宝くじ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우편 번호 복권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kode pos lotre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xổ số mã bưu điện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தபால் குறியீட்டு லாட்டரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टकोड लॉटरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Posta kodu piyango
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lotteria Cap
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kod pocztowy loterii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поштовий індекс лотерея
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

loterie codul postal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταχυδρομικό λαχείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Postcodeloterij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

PostkodLotteriet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postnummer lotteri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postcode lottery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTCODE LOTTERY»

The term «postcode lottery» is normally little used and occupies the 110.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTCODE LOTTERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postcode lottery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTCODE LOTTERY»

Discover the use of postcode lottery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postcode lottery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Welsh Health Battleground, the - Policy Approaches for the ...
To many people, the existence of a postcode lottery is a violation of the basic principles on which the National Health Service was founded. It is therefore something which should not be tolerated. However, it can be argued that the decision on ...
Institute of Welsh Affairs, 2008
2
What's Your Life Worth?: Health Care Rationing-- who Lives? ...
This situation created what critics derisively called a "postcode lottery," so named because insurance coverage under the NHS depended where patients lived. The postcode lottery was an unfortunate result of two conflicting trends. First ...
David Dranove, 2003
3
Special Educational Needs: Third Report of Session 2005-06
Does postcode lottery exist for SEN pupils? Mr Warin: I do not think there is a postcode lottery. Certainly from my point of view, I mentioned Tyne and Wear earlier on and we share very common borders, we do work quite closely with our  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education and Skills Committee, 2006
4
People's Postcode Lottery
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Agamemnon Maverick, 2012
5
Localism: third report of session 2010-12, Vol. 1: Report, ...
Henry Peterson: I do think that the postcode lottery question is a big one for you to address and, in a sense, it's very timely to address it. I can't help feeling that, as we move into an area of harder and harder cuts, public opinion and views and ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee, 2011
6
Public Choice, Past and Present: The Legacy of James M. ...
unequal in the years between the two studies.11 Other scholarly reports have come to similar conclusions.12 The problem of unequal access is so well known in Britain that the press refers to the NHS as a “postcode lottery” in which a person's ...
Dwight R. Lee, 2012
7
GCSE Health and Social Care for Edexcel: Double Award
This is known as a postcode lottery and can mean the difference between life and death for some people. Figures released by the Department of Health show that spending per head of population varied considerably in 2000-2001, from ...
Elizabeth Haworth, Carol Forshaw, Neil Moonie, 2002
8
Podiatric Assessment and Management of the Diabetic Foot
At present, diabetic foot patients in the United Kingdom face a postcode lottery – large areas of the country have no adequate diabetic orthotics service, overstretched podiatry services and podiatric surgeons with no established role. At large ...
Alethea V. M. Foster, 2006
9
The Big Society: seventeenth report of session 2010-12, Vol. ...
While Shaun Bailey argued that the public understood that service provision would not be neat and tidy,“2 much of our evidence spoke of the dangers and undesirability of a 'postcode lottery'. Speaking for the TUC, Paul Nowak said: What the ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee, 2011
10
Essential Public Affairs for Journalists
This increasing trend—dubbed the 'postcode lottery' or 'postcode prescribing'— led many to question whether the NHS could any longer be described as a ' national' health service. A famous cause célebre for those arguing against the ...
James Morrison, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTCODE LOTTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postcode lottery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plan your week's theatre: top tickets
Ade Solanke's East End Boys, West End Girls at the Arcola in London looks at the educational postcode lottery in a divided city. The Watermill's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Please sign petition to help my son
... the face of clinical evidence and the views of medical staff and creates a postcode lottery as they are freely available in Scotland and Wales. «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
3
6 reasons why BT Sport Ultra HD won't kick off
BT Sport Ultra HD is a postcode lottery. In order to get BT Sport Ultra HD, you're going to need a BT Infinity FTTC (Fibre to the Cabient) service. «Recombu, Jul 15»
4
Joe Ayling: Kids losing out in postcode lottery
But the 'postcode lottery' is nothing new and now instead of relying on public services the College has decided to go straight to the parents with ... «Optician Online, Jul 15»
5
Bognor Regis wins Postcode Lottery prize
Three lucky tickets from Bognor Regis scooped £1,000 each today (Friday July 24) when PO21 5TX was drawn in the Postcode Lottery. «Bognor Regis Observer, Jul 15»
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Prospect of postcode lottery in Prevent counter-terrorist strategy …
The prospect of disparities in how key planks of the government's counter-terrorism strategy are applied is being looked at carefully by senior ... «Police Oracle, Jul 15»
7
People's Postcode Lottery donates £5k to the Mayhew Animal Home
Sophia Casciato, the Mayhew's trusts officer, said: “We are really grateful to players of People's Postcode Lottery for this amazing grant. «Brent and Kilburn Times, Jul 15»
8
Residents pay the price of a postcode lottery
Angry householders are calling for their postcode to be changed as they struggle to get their children into local schools. Auchinairn Gate, in ... «Kirkintilloch Herald, Jul 15»
9
Rainhill residents to toast postcode lottery win
People's Postcode Lottery players in Rainhill will find out how much they have won on Saturday, August 1 at the National Trust's Speke Hall ... «St Helens Star, Jul 15»
10
Postcode Lottery success for Peterborough social worker
One local charity to receive funding from players of People's Postcode Lottery is Action for Asperger's that was awarded £5,000 for their ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»

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