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are complements
noun
Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
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Young and old people aren't substitutes — they are complements.
They are complements, not substitutes for each other.
When overlapping rules are complements, they generate efficiencies, not redundancies.
A recent UK analytical paper argues that "regional and global integration are complements and not substitutes".
It said this suggested "beer and weed are complements rather than substitutes".
These books are not competitors; they are complements to each other.
It seems especially beside the point where the goods are complements used in fixed proportions.
An important implication from this is that SRI and other charity giving are complements.
Thereby it is not clear if internal and external activities are complements or substitutes.
But he says that technology and organization capital are complements, reinforcing each other when used wisely together.
On the other hand institutions and financial depth are complements with economic policy.
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