Incumbency

//ɪŋˈkʌmbənsi//

Synonyms for "incumbency" (76 found)

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Synonyms

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is a

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related to

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Translations

34 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бенефиций noun (benefice, lucrative position or possession)
  • дълг noun (obligation or duty)
  • задължение noun (obligation or duty)

Catalan

2 entries
  • incumbència noun (state of being incumbent)
  • incumbència noun (obligation or duty)

French

1 entries
  • ressort noun (obligation or duty)

German

4 entries
  • Amt noun (state of being incumbent)
  • Amt noun (tenure)
  • Amtsinhaberschaft noun (state of being incumbent)
  • Amtszeit noun (tenure)

Italian

4 entries
  • affare noun (obligation or duty)
  • affari noun (obligation or duty)
  • competenza noun (obligation or duty)
  • incombenza noun (state of being incumbent)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • incumbência noun (obligation or duty)

Russian

4 entries
  • бенефи́ций noun (benefice, lucrative position or possession)
  • долг noun (obligation or duty)
  • обя́занность noun (obligation or duty)
  • пребыва́ние в до́лжности noun (tenure)

Spanish

4 entries
  • beneficio noun (tenure)
  • beneficio noun (benefice, lucrative position or possession)
  • cargo noun (tenure)
  • incumbencia noun (state of being incumbent)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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The early antitrust reformers warned that even beyond its effect on prices, economic power could buy influence in Congress. Monopolies don’t just dominate their own industries, Justice Louis Brandeis said in 1933; they monopolize political power as well, which allows them to protect their incumbency and stifle competition in myriad ways.

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ORR believes the two companies have incumbency advantages dating back to privatisation.

Source: wiktionary

They do so on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, animal farming, finance, construction firms, car manufacturers and airline companies, but also on behalf of something bigger than any of those interests: the power of incumbency.

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