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- easy/rich pickings /ˈpɪkɪŋz/► a large range of good things to choose from: »
Investors have found rich pickings in the property market in recent years.
Main Entry: ↑picking
Financial and business terms. 2012.
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rich pickings — easy/rich pickings /ˈpɪkɪŋz/ ► a large range of good things to choose from: »Investors have found rich pickings in the property market in recent years. Main Entry: ↑picking … Financial and business terms
easy pickings — easy/rich pickings /ˈpɪkɪŋz/ ► a large range of good things to choose from: »Investors have found rich pickings in the property market in recent years. Main Entry: ↑picking … Financial and business terms
pickings — pick|ings [ pıkıŋz ] noun plural INFORMAL money or things that are available to be taken: easy/rich pickings (=good things that you get very easily) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pickings — pick|ings [ˈpıkıŋz] n [plural] informal money or profits that you can get easily from a situation ▪ There were rich pickings (=a lot of money) to be had from the stock market. ▪ There are easy pickings for thieves at these big outdoor concerts.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pickings — noun (plural) informal rich /easy pickings money or profits that you can get easily: There were rich pickings to be had if you played the stock market … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pickings — [[t]pɪ̱kɪŋz[/t]] N PLURAL: usu supp N You can refer to the money that can be made easily in a particular place or area of activity as the pickings. Traditional hiding places are easy pickings for experienced burglars... Other rich pickings,… … English dictionary
easy — eas|y1 [ izi ] adjective *** 1. ) not difficult to do, or not needing much work: Finding somewhere to live in New York isn t easy. easy to do: This cake is very easy to make. It s a pretty easy game to learn. it is easy to do something: It is not … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pickings — UK [ˈpɪkɪŋz] / US noun [plural] informal money or things that are available to be taken rich/easy pickings (= good things that you get very easily) … English dictionary
picking — pick‧ing [ˈpɪkɪŋ] also ˈorder ˌpicking noun [uncountable] COMMERCE TRANSPORT the process of collecting goods together in a warehouse (= large building where goods are stored) in the right order, so that they can be packed and sent to a customer * … Financial and business terms
pick·ings — /ˈpıkıŋz, ˈpıkənz/ noun [plural] informal : opportunities for getting the things you want or need I try to go to yard sales early to get the best pickings. It was slim pickings [=there were very few good things to choose from] at this year s show … Useful english dictionary
