These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withgood.prestigeadjective[before noun]uk
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/pres?ti??/causing admiration because of being connected with being rich ...See more atprestige
(Definition ofprestigefrom theCambridge English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprestige goods
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.In spatial terms, districts were informal clusters of villages within a loosely defined geographical area whose inhabitants practiced intermarriage and exchanged trade and prestige goods.From theCambridge English CorpusSome of the valuables were prestige goods or luxury items.From theCambridge English CorpusThis power was reinforced by chiefly participation in exchange systems involving the production and exchange of prestige goods.From theCambridge English CorpusThis meant that there was steady pressure to maintain trade links in order to obtain cloth and other prestige goods in this cattleless region.From theCambridge English CorpusThis social inequality is also observed through the prestige goods deposited as grave offerings.From theCambridge English CorpusThese hollow earthenware sculptures are considered to be prestige goods because of their specialized manufacture and the way they describe images and attitudes of the caciques.From theCambridge English CorpusPrestige goods were a fixed set of luxury items.From theCambridge English CorpusThe actual translation of tga is treasured or valuable and the term also refers collectively to prestige goods produced by women for ceremonial exchanges.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There has been much speculation over the mysterious purpose of what are likely prestige goods.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These baskets often held prestige goods of great status that were given to the king.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Want to learn more?Go to the definition ofprestigeSee other collocations withgood#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/prestige-good##
