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Mainstay
mainstay
(mainstays) If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country’s diet... This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country. N-COUNT: usu the N of n
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noun Date: 15th century 1. a ship's stay extending from the maintop forward usually to the foot of the foremast 2. a chief support ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 a chief support (has been his mainstay since his trouble). 2 Naut. a stay from the maintop to the foot of the foremast. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) мор. грота-штаг 2) разг. главная поддержка, опора, оплот he was the mainstay of the organization - на нем держалась вся организация 3) торг. = main product 3) 2) эк., учет основа; основная статья (экспорта, импорта) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. мор. грота-штаг 2. главная поддержка, опора, оплот he was the mainstay of the organization —- он был оплотом (нашей) организации, на нем держалась вся организация cotton is the mainstay of the surrounding country —- хлопок дает средства к жизни населению всей территории ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun naut. грота-штаг; fig. главная поддержка, опора, оплот MAINSTREAM noun основное направление, главная линия (в искусстве, литературе и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n the mainstay of a) an important part of something that makes it possible for it to work properly or continue to exist (Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country's economyb)someone who does most of the important work for a group or organization) (She was the mainstay of the team.) b) someone who does most of the important work for a group or organization (She was the mainstay of the team.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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