bring in
Britishverb
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to yield (income, profit, or cash)
his investments brought him in £100
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to produce or return (a verdict)
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to put forward or introduce (a legislative bill, etc)
Example Sentences
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The 36-year-old has parlayed interest in her daily musings into a one-woman publishing empire that is bringing in about $14,000 a month.
These are no incoming Dreamliners or Airbuses bringing in the next manifest of tourists and guest workers.
From BBC
"ILI have a track record of bringing in community benefits," he argued, pointing to the Red John hydropump storage project in the Highlands, which has been bought by Norwegian company Statkraft.
From BBC
He said the only way to introduce staff to stop certain drivers parking on double yellow lines, in front of drop kerbs and on pavements was to bring in income to fund them.
From BBC
Attwood describes her new show, The Heat as "a big tick for my career" as she was brought in to host, "doing something completely different by not making it about myself".
From BBC
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