Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The planks put on a vessel's bow as strengthening pieces to enable it better to withstand the pressure of ice.
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- verb Present participle of
treble .
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Examples
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Since joining the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats have faced criticism for breaking a number of pre-election pledges, namely trebling the cap on university tuition fees and increasing sales tax.
Immigration Divides U.K. Ruling Coalition Ainsley Thomson 2011
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£7,000,000 by taxation, chiefly by a measure generally known as trebling the assessed taxes, by which the amounts already charged in respect of these taxes were augmented on a scale graduated according to income.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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So when HUL chairman Harish Manwani announced on the sidelines of its annual general meeting in July that the company was in the midst of trebling its rural coverage over two years, it set the cat among the pigeons.
Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010
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In the last twenty years, two billion men and women have joined the ranks of industrial producers, trebling the size of the world's industrial economy.
Gordon Brown: Global 'Mini-Lateralism' Will Get Us Nowhere Gordon Brown 2011
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So when HUL chairman Harish Manwani announced on the sidelines of its annual general meeting in July that the company was in the midst of trebling its rural coverage over two years, it set the cat among the pigeons.
Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010
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So when HUL chairman Harish Manwani announced on the sidelines of its annual general meeting in July that the company was in the midst of trebling its rural coverage over two years, it set the cat among the pigeons.
Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010
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In the next ten to fifteen years this revolution will be augmented by at least two billion people joining the ranks of the world's middle-class, trebling its current numbers.
Gordon Brown: Global 'Mini-Lateralism' Will Get Us Nowhere Gordon Brown 2011
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In the next ten to fifteen years this revolution will be augmented by at least two billion people joining the ranks of the world's middle-class, trebling its current numbers.
Gordon Brown: Global 'Mini-Lateralism' Will Get Us Nowhere Gordon Brown 2011
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In the last twenty years, two billion men and women have joined the ranks of industrial producers, trebling the size of the world's industrial economy.
Gordon Brown: Global 'Mini-Lateralism' Will Get Us Nowhere Gordon Brown 2011
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The chartered surveyor said it remained difficult for first-time buyers to secure a mortgage due to ongoing strict lending criteria, despite the number of mortgage products aimed at that part of the market almost trebling since June 2009 to about 180 deals, according to Moneyfacts.
Stagnating house prices fail to tempt first-time buyers 2011
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