What does “stand to” mean as a context in the sentence: “China’s Health Ministry stands to profit from the industry’s growth.”
What is the subject of the financial Times article titled Chinese? What should I do to not get really ill? The
problems of the health system are tangled up in the country’s larger policy conflicts. How is role at the end of market? How do the health ministries profit from industry’s growth, instead of giving too much ground to the private sectors?
As I can’t get the exact idea of Chinese Health Ministry, stands to profit ” from the industry’s growth, I consulted the meaning of “stand to” with multiple dictionaries; Neither
of Cambridge or Merriam-Webster Dictionary registers “stand to” as an idiomthough both carry “stand up to stg” as an idiom, Oxford Dictionary provides the definition of “stand to”. Military stand ready
for an attack, especially one before dawn or after attack. When do guardsmen ask for orders and be seen?
Sanseido’s Wisdom Japanese dictionary carries “stand to” as an idiom meaning “stand ready”. Freedictionary.com
– English dictionary. com definition stands to as to be up or to stand up on the feet.
To me none of the above definitions does seem to comfortably fit to the context of the line, “(Chinese) Health Ministry stands to profit from the industry’s growth.
What is the meaning of “stand to” and “stand ready for” with no idioms? Or it’s not an idiom, it’s simply a verb (stand) +to do (profit) – from the industry growth.
There’s a term, “Joe seems to come out on top” when a player has the extra spade. He wins with a split first. Is it a prediction of the future? Which hunk or woman is most likely a lucky person?
Is there a passive version of their explanation “You can stand to wash those hands”? The goal is that it’s not that onrous or difficult a task and that performing it would be good.
Stands to Profit (meaning the health ministry is getting profits) – meaning The Ministry of Health is getting profits. – Or The Health Ministry which is facing profits at that point of
time. Or The Minister who is facing profits at that point of time.
Why is the phrase “stand” and to profit” mentioned below?
“Stand” here is being used in such a way as to mean that the Chinese Health Ministry is in a particular position. In this case, this position is one which will grant it profit. As such,
the Chinese Health Ministry “is in a position”(stands) to profit…
In what way is the minister in a position to profit
from the government.
Stands to Profit (meaning the health ministry is getting profits) – meaning The Ministry of Health is getting profits. – Or The Health Ministry which is facing profits at that point of
time. Or The Minister who is facing profits at that point of time.
Webster. com has the entry for “stand” which explains precisely this usage:
6 b to be in a position to gain or lose because of an action taken or a commitment made (“stands to make quite a profit”).
3c
What are the verbs for stand? It means a great many things. In this particular circumstance it means
to have the possibility or likelihood
Profit is also a verb, and is being used in the usual sense of monetary gain. In your essay it is being used in the infinitive sense, i.e. “We did this in a public space.” The money is available for profit.
When using the verb stand, this is typically said. It is neutral in its use, so hearing “stands to gain” is just as likely as hearing “stands to lose”.
This meaning of stand is used in the context of loss or gain. One does not hear “it stands to be blue” meaning that it is likely to be blue.
“China’s Health Ministry stands to profit from the industry’s growth”, and with regard to your sentence “China’s Health Minister stands to profit from the industry’s growth” could be rewritten “China’s Health Ministry
is likely to gain monetarily from the industry’s growth” so in this context, do some of the words really mean that there is no money for the health ministry?
What are the verbs for stand? It means a great many things. In this particular circumstance it means
to have the possibility or likelihood
Profit is also a verb, and is being used in the usual sense of monetary gain. In your essay it is being used in the infinitive sense, i.e. “We did this in a public space.” The money is available for profit.
When using the verb stand, this is typically said. It is neutral in its use, so hearing “stands to gain” is just as likely as hearing “stands to lose”.
This meaning of stand is used in the context of loss or gain. One does not hear “it stands to be blue” meaning that it is likely to be blue.
“China’s Health Ministry stands to profit from the industry’s growth”, and with regard to your sentence “China’s Health Minister stands to profit from the industry’s growth” could be rewritten “China’s Health Ministry
is likely to gain monetarily from the industry’s growth” so in this context, do some of the words really mean that there is no money for the health ministry?
