instate

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Re-instate or increase taxes that were cut during the oil boom -- specifically the financial transactions tax.

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  1. transitive verb To establish in office; install.

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  • Re-instate or increase taxes that were cut during the oil boom -- specifically the financial transactions tax. —  MRZine.org
  • Pakistan Times says the government has agreed to re-instate sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhamad Chaudry later this month, following a day of violent protests in the eastern city of Lahore in a bid to end a political crisis, sparked by a Supreme Court ruling banning opposition leader Nawaz Sahrif from elected office. —  timesofmalta.com
  • While we can't evaluate individual cases or re-instate specific reviews, we certainly appreciate your feedback and are continually striving to improve the user experience. —  The Social Media blog has moved to: http://www.socializemobilize.com
  • Pakistan's government has caved in to popular pressure and agreed to re-instate the sacked chief justice in the hope of easing growing street tension. —  euronews
  • According to this ruling, if the DA wants to re-instate the death sentence, the DA must call for a new penalty-phase jury trial where new evidence of Mumia's innocence can be presented. —  Pittsburgh Indymedia
 

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/ɪnˈsteɪt/
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