BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An issue whose settlement will affect financial resources

Synonyms:

bread-and-butter issue; pocketbook issue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bread-and-butter issue" is a kind of...):

issue (an important question that is in dispute and must be settled)

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