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double-dip

noun, verb — 12 senses

double-dip

noun
1

Informal An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.

  • We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.
2

A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.

Roller coasters

3

Economics, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of double-dip recession (“return to recession after a short period of growth”).

  • The UK is currently experiencing a double-dip.
4

Informal 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.

double-dip

verb
8 senses
  1. 1To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal…
  2. 2To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the…
  3. 3To draw a government pension or benefit for one job…
  4. 4To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a…
  5. 5To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax…
  6. 6To defeat a team twice in the finals.
  7. 7To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two…
  8. 8To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.
1

Informal 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.
2

Informal 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 […]2006, Wulf Kansteiner, In pursuit of German memory: history, television, and politics after Auschwitz:
3

Informal 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.

4

Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.

5

Business, Finance US To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.

6

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Softball, Sports To defeat a team twice in the finals.

  • SPC Ladies double-dipped the Sudbury Storm in the NSA Canadian World Series.
7

Education, Higher education To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.

8

Video games To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.

  • I usually don't double-dip, but this port convinced me to with its additional content and improved graphics.
Related terms
butter one's bread on both sides

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