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In some senses, double-dip is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERB + DOUBLE-DIP
experiencing
ADV.
currently
noun
An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.
A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
Ellipsis of double-dip recession (“return to recession after a short period of growth”).
The UK is currently experiencing a double-dip.
The drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
verb
To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
I don't mind double-dipping when eating with my family, but I'd be embarrassed to do it when out with friends.
To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
He got caught double-dipping by billing the government directly as well as the primary contractor.
They worried about the possibility that some forced laborers, in particular Jewish survivors, might be double-dipping, that is, that they might be collecting compensation for their work as forced laborers while continuing to receive payments as Holocaust survivors and thus absorbing funds that should be directed toward other groups of victims […]
To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.
We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.
WiktionaryThe UK is currently experiencing a double-dip.
WiktionaryI don't mind double-dipping when eating with my family, but I'd be embarrassed to do it when out with friends.
WiktionaryHe got caught double-dipping by billing the government directly as well as the primary contractor.
WiktionaryThey worried about the possibility that some forced laborers, in particular Jewish survivors, might be double-dipping, that is, that they might be collecting compensation for their work as forced labo
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In some senses, double-dip is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.