convenance

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It is equally obvious to anyone who knows Philip that he is not the type to submit meekly to the dictates of a dynastic manage de convenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had given her to understand that a marriage de convenance quite met with his approval, that in his day girls married to please their parents.

From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker

It is sure to be so in these mariages de convenance, where there is no question of love.

From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

Value is either a "rapport de convenance" between a man and a good, i.e., ophelimity, or is a "taux d'échange," a ratio between two goods.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

However much the Americans may wish to deny it, I am inclined to think that there are more marriages of convenance in the United States than in most other countries.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick