Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of flowing in or into.
- noun Something that flows in or into.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of flowing in or into; that which flows in; influx.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To flow in.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of
flowing in or into - noun Anything which flows in or into
- verb To flow in.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of flowing in
Etymologies
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Examples
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But given the state of the economy, big bucks are not on the horizon, and any idea for improving the medium that relies on a huge monetary inflow is dead on arrival.
Our critic's TV bailout plan promises to pay off in quality 2008
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Over the past sixty or seventy years, rainfall has varied by 17%, population has risen 340%, the storage capacity of dams has increased by 390%, the area under irrigation has risen by 290%, the lake inflow from the Lerma river has decreased by 79% and the amount of water extracted from the lake (excluding evaporation) has decreased (Yes! decreased) by 89%.
Lake Chapala: a review of "The Lerma-Lake Chapala watershed: evaluation and management" 2004
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Over the past sixty or seventy years, rainfall has varied by 17%, population has risen 340%, the storage capacity of dams has increased by 390%, the area under irrigation has risen by 290%, the lake inflow from the Lerma river has decreased by 79% and the amount of water extracted from the lake (excluding evaporation) has decreased (Yes! decreased) by 89%.
Lake Chapala: a review of "The Lerma-Lake Chapala watershed: evaluation and management" 2004
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He said that GEAR was nevertheless contributing towards the economy's improved competitiveness by encouraging a huge short-term inflow of capital, enhancing the competitiveness of South African businesses and indirectly encouraging the unbundling of the major conglomerates via the partial rlaxation of exchange controls.
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John Cuming of Delta said there were positive indications as reflected in the short term inflow of foreign capital and the stability of the rand.
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The developed countries would then have less difficulty in giving financial aid to the third world; and, what in my opinion is even more important, they could much more readily accept the inflow from the third world of their labour-intensive products.
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During the past ten years there has been a certain inflow of foreign born doctors into Canada, a number of whom are well established in practice and rendering first class service.
You and Your Doctor 1956
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March's net long-term inflow was roughly three times the $47.1 billion inflow in February and shattered a previous record set in May 2007.
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US TIC data show $63. 3bn net long term inflow in Dec
FXstreet.com natalie_denne@westpac.co.nz (Westpac Institutional 2010
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US TIC data show $63. 3bn net long term inflow in Dec. That represents still strong demand for US financial assets, despite some official sales
FXstreet.com natalie_denne@westpac.co.nz (Westpac Institutional 2010
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