double-dipverb [ I ]
uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/us/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/USto receive money from two places at the same time, sometimes in a way that is not legal
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- strike pay
- venal
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double-dipadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/us/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/used for describing a period of time during which economic activity gets weaker, increases a little, and then gets weaker again:
a double-dip recession
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Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- consumer price index
- credit crunch
- depressed
- downturn
- expenditure
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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