Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
squeeze — Period when stocks or commodities ( commodity) futures increase in price and investors who have sold short must cover their short positions to prevent loss of large amounts of money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. squeeze squeeze 1… … Financial and business terms
squeeze — squeeze1 [skwi:z] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(press)¦ 2¦(press out liquid)¦ 3¦(small space)¦ 4 squeeze your eyes shut 5¦(just succeed)¦ 6¦(limit money)¦ Phrasal verbs squeeze somebody/something<=>in squeeze something<=>out squeeze up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ … Dictionary of contemporary English
budget crunch — Go to budget squeeze … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
squeeze — 1 verb 1 (T) to press something firmly inwards: Alice squeezed his arm affectionately. | Must you squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle? 2 (T) to get liquid from something by pressing it: squeeze sth out: Try to squeeze a bit more out of the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
squeeze — [[t]skwi͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ squeezes, squeezing, squeezed 1) VERB If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands. [V n] He squeezed her arm reassuringly... [V n adj] Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry. N COUNT:… … English dictionary
Squeeze Play! — Infobox Film name = Squeeze Play! caption = The poster for Squeeze Play! director = Lloyd Kaufman producer = Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman writer = Lloyd Kaufman Charles Kaufman Haim Pekelis starring = Jim Harris Jennifer Hetrick Rick Gitlin Helen… … Wikipedia
squeeze out — verb 1. force out (Freq. 1) Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts • Hypernyms: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑give the axe, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Middle class squeeze — The middle class squeeze is the situation where increases in wages fail to keep up with inflation for middle income earners, while at the same time, the phenomenon fails to have a similar impact on the top wage earners. Persons belonging to the… … Wikipedia
The Squeeze (1987 film) — Infobox Film name = The Squeeze image size = caption = Theatrical release poster director = Roger Young producer = Rupert Hitzig writer = Daniel Taplitz narrator = starring = Ric Abernathy Michael Keaton Danny Aiello III Rae Dawn Chong George… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Montagu — Sir Nicholas Lionel John Montagu KCB (born 12 March 1944) is a retired British Civil Servant. He was the second to last Chairman of the Inland Revenue before it was merged with Her Majesty s Customs and Excise to create Her Majesty s Revenue and… … Wikipedia
