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Gearing of income streams

English translation: Optimization of ways to make money

18:08 Apr 4, 2023
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Business
English term or phrase: Gearing of income streams
For many years, particularly since 2008, much of the wealth that was created did not result from economic growth. Instead, it was a by-product of declining capital costs which fueled the ***gearing of existing income streams***. This is readily observed in the all-time high global corporate profit margins that were achieved in the late-2010s amid the weakest business cycle in over a century was. While profit levels have been high, their quality has been poor.

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Laura Vinti
United States
Local time: 11:32
Selected answer:Optimization of ways to make money
Explanation:
Gearing here could be meant in the sense of "fine-tuning," perfecting, achieving effective operation (see sense 2b in reference).

The sentence would then mean that due to reduced financial impositions on capital gains (= making money through money), there was a re-tooling/optimization of existing ways to make money so that they resulted in even greater incomes and thereby profits, rather than innovation/development (= making money through products, goods, services).
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Peter Dahm Robertson
Germany
Local time: 17:32
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +2Optimization of ways to make money
Peter Dahm Robertson
2 -2Makeshift income sources
Gabriel Ferrero


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -2
gearing of income streams
Makeshift income sources


Explanation:

For many years, particularly since 2008, much of the wealth made has not been bound to economic growth, but it has been wrought by the plunge of bearish capital market indexes leading to makeshift income sources. The late 2010s, all time high global corporate profit margins are eloquent, as the business cycle was volatile and at an all time low in over a century.



Gabriel Ferrero
France
Local time: 17:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Your explanation merely repeats asker's own text and your answer doesn't make much sense. I don't think you are a native English speaker as claimed in your profile. This is misleading.
2 hrs
disagree  Christopher Schröder: Makes little sense to me
10 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Optimization of ways to make money


Explanation:
Gearing here could be meant in the sense of "fine-tuning," perfecting, achieving effective operation (see sense 2b in reference).

The sentence would then mean that due to reduced financial impositions on capital gains (= making money through money), there was a re-tooling/optimization of existing ways to make money so that they resulted in even greater incomes and thereby profits, rather than innovation/development (= making money through products, goods, services).


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gear#dictionary-entry-2
Peter Dahm Robertson
Germany
Local time: 17:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: This makes sense
9 hrs
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agree  Anastasia Kalantzi
1 day 14 hrs
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