pad
/pæd/ verb [T] (-dd-)Definition
› US to make something become or seem larger by adding things: She accused those who advertise tobacco of padding their bank accounts by selling the health and future of our young people.pad sth with sth The scheme involved padding customers' long-distance phone bills with fake charges.
(Definition of pad verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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