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  • 71Soft currency — A currency that is expected to drop in value relative to other currencies. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * soft currency soft currency ➔ currency * * * soft currency UK US noun [C] ► MONEY, FINANCE a currency that regularly goes down… …

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  • 72soft currency — The money of a country that is expected to drop in value relative to other currencies. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * soft currency soft currency ➔ currency * * * soft currency UK US noun [C] ► MONEY, FINANCE a currency that regularly goes… …

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  • 73soft landing — A term describing a growth rate high enough to keep the economy out of recession, but also slow enough to prevent high inflation and interest rates. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * soft landing soft landing ➔ landing * * * soft landing UK US …

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  • 74soft landing — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms soft landing : singular soft landing plural soft landings 1) the process by which a plane or a space vehicle comes down to the ground in a gentle and safe way 2) a good or easy solution to a political or… …

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  • 75soft pedal something — tv. to play something down; to de emphasize something. (Refers to the soft pedal on the piano.) □ Try to soft pedal the problems we have with the cooling system. □ I won’t soft pedal anything. Everyone must know the truth …

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  • 76down feather — noun soft fine feathers • Syn: ↑down • Derivationally related forms: ↑downy (for: ↑down) • Hypernyms: ↑feather, ↑plume, ↑ …

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  • 77soft-pedal — verb play down or obscure His advisers soft pedaled the president s blunder • Hypernyms: ↑background, ↑play down, ↑downplay • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something …

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  • 78Down Home (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Down Home (album) Type = Album Artist = Seals and Crofts Released = 1970 Genre = Soft Rock Music Label = TA Producer = John Simon * Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg sql=10:a9fpxqy5ldse link] Last album =… …

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  • 79soft-pedal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. tone down, suppress (see moderation, suppression). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. play down, tone down, understate. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To make less emphatic or obvious: de… …

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  • 80Down the wind — Wind Wind (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English