increase step-up | the act of increasing something, he gave me an increase in salary |
| freeze | fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level, a freeze on hiring |
| hiring freeze | a freeze on hiring |
| price freeze | a freeze of prices at a given level |
| wage freeze | a freeze of wages at a given level |
| freeze halt | an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement, a halt in the arms race, a nuclear freeze |
deep-freeze Deepfreeze deep freezer freezer | electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time |
increase increment | the amount by which something increases, they proposed an increase of percent in the fare |
| fare increase | increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance |
| price increase | increase in price |
raise rise wage hike hike wage increase salary increase | the amount a salary is increased, he got a % raise, he got a wage hike |
rise boost hike cost increase | an increase in cost, they asked for a % rise in rates |
tax-increase tax boost tax hike | the amount by which taxes are increased, a tax increase of percent |
pension plan pension account retirement plan retirement savings plan retirement savings account retirement account retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
| increase | a change resulting in an increase, the increase is scheduled for next month |
| pension fund | a financial institution that collects regular contributions from employers to provide retirement income for employees |
freeze frost | weather cold enough to cause freezing |
pension fund superannuation fund | a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service |
| pension | a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working |
old-age pension retirement pension retirement check retirement benefit retirement fund superannuation | a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work |
| freeze freezing | the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid |
freeze-drying lyophilization lyophilisation | a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure, material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
addition increase gain | a quantity that is added, there was an addition to property taxes this year, they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks |
| deep freeze | temporary inactivity or suspension, the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze |
| freeze | suddenly behave coldly and formally, She froze when she saw her ex-husband |
| freeze | anesthetize by cold |
| freeze | be cold, I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on |
| increase | make bigger or more, The boss finally increased her salary, The university increased the number of students it admitted |
| increase | become bigger or greater in amount, The amount of work increased |
| freeze-dry | preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum, freeze-dry the strawberries |
| freeze block immobilize immobilise | prohibit the conversion or use of (assets), Blocked funds, Freeze the assets of this hostile government |
| freeze suspend | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it, Suspend the aid to the war-torn country |
| freeze | change to ice, The water in the bowl froze |
| deep freeze | store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation, deep-freeze the food |
quick-freeze flash-freeze | freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors, quick-freeze the shrimp |
| freeze | cause to freeze, Freeze the leftover food |
freeze freeze out freeze down | change from a liquid to a solid when cold, Water freezes at degrees Fahrenheit |
reject spurn freeze off scorn pooh-pooh disdain turn down | reject with contempt, She spurned his advances |
freeze stop dead | stop moving or become immobilized, When he saw the police car he froze |
pension pension off | grant a pension to |
| pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension, The director was pensioned off when he got senile |
| freeze | be very cold, below the freezing point, It is freezing in Kalamazoo |
| freeze-dried | preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum, freeze-dried coffee |
lyophilized lyophilised freeze-dried | used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances, dried by freezing in a high vacuum |