Gold-plate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of gold plate. alt-of, alternative

    ""The railway gold-plates projects. No one takes ownership of the gold-plating, it just sort of happens over time. It's about delivering what is acceptable financially - the private sector would love to gold-plate everything, but it can't afford it.""

  2. 2
    plate with gold wordnet

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gold plategoldplate

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""The railway gold-plates projects. No one takes ownership of the gold-plating, it just sort of happens over time. It's about delivering what is acceptable financially - the private sector would love to gold-plate everything, but it can't afford it.""

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