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freeze
verb (MONEY/PROPERTY) /friːz/ (froze, frozen)Definition
› [T] To freeze something such as pay or prices is to fix them at a particular level and not allow any increases: The government has frozen pensions until the end of next year.Value and price decreasesNot able to be changedKeeping and staying the same › [T] to officially and legally prevent money or property from being used or moved: When it was obvious the company was going bankrupt, the government ordered all their assets to be frozen.Value and price decreases
(Definition of freeze verb (MONEY/PROPERTY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bargain bin noun
- bargain noun (LOW PRICE)
- bearish adjective (FINANCE)
- cheapen verb (COST LESS)
- closeout noun
- cut-price adjective
- deflate verb (MONEY)
- depreciate verb
- depreciation noun
- discount noun
- discount verb (REDUCE)
- downturn noun
- knock sb/sth down phrasal verb (REDUCE PRICE)
- knock sth off (sth) phrasal verb
- put sth down phrasal verb (REDUCE)
- roll sth back phrasal verb
- sliding scale noun
- slump noun
- slump verb (REDUCE SUDDENLY)
- spiral verb
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