Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. That serves as an addition
- n. Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone.
- n. medicine A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia
WordNet 3.0
- n. an amount needed to restore something to its former level
Examples
“Banks using the facility need to pledge so-called top-up collateral if the value of the loan portfolio falls by more than 5 percent.”
“But it is unclear if that oil was being siphoned from existing stocks and how quickly workers would be able to top-up the storage tanks if production from some fields has been halted.”
USA Today: Libya's oil status is hard to tell with any certainty
“I planned on taking parental leave when our first daughter was born (we had salary top-up), but I ended up switching jobs so it never happened.”
“Fundamo has a platform that enables the delivery of mobile financial services to unbanked and under-banked customers around the world, including person-to-person payments, airtime top-up, bill payment and branchless banking services.”
“How long will it be till top-up payments are needed to get full health cover?”
The Guardian: NHS bans on operations gamble with patients' health, senior surgeon warns
“If it withdraws this year, it will therefore have to pay a £ 400 million top-up.”
“In a remarkable challenge to the City of London's dominance in fund management, an agency of the Danish government is launching a UK version of its "top-up" state pension scheme today, with charges so low they would decimate the profits and bonuses of Britain's highly paid asset-management industry.”
The Guardian: Danish firm launches low-cost rival to government's 'Nest' pension
“After official figures showed that unemployment jumped sharply in August, to its highest level in 17 years, Item's Peter Spencer said the government should take targeted steps to protect jobs, such as a cut in national insurance contributions for younger workers and German-style top-up payments for short-time working.”
“In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Longfor Properties said it "has not entered into any legally binding agreement or arrangement with any party in respect of any top-up share placement.”
The Wall Street Journal: Longfor Properties Cancels $505 Million Share Sale
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
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