Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to thaw.
- transitive verb To remove a control or restriction on (prices or wages, for example).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To thaw.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To thaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
defrost something. - verb intransitive To
resume movement . - verb transitive, computing To release from a previously locked or frozen state.
- verb intransitive To
thaw .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make (assets) available
- verb become or cause to become soft or liquid
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Examples
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This week brings news of bonuses - and a salary "unfreeze" - in the New York office of Allen & Overy - a global mega-firm with over $2 billion in annual revenue, headquartered in London but with a worldwide footprint - is making a go of it here in the United States.
Above the Law 2009
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A series of case studies concerning a rare form of encephalitis, this tells how Sacks used music and other stimuli to "unfreeze" patients from the sleep state in which they'd been stranded for decades.
Rambert Dance Company – review Luke Jennings 2010
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We can't put souls in a state of spiritual suspended animation and wait for the apostasy to be vanquished and then 'unfreeze' and tell them to go back to their diocese.
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Coupled with the fact that the Republicans were cheerleaders for spending $850 for war in Iraq, and another $700 billion to "unfreeze" the credit market, their opposition is astounding.
GOP: Economic Stimulus Too Expensive; Costs Less Than Iraq War 2009
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Health MEC Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday announced that the department would "unfreeze" 1200 posts for health personnel to assist existing staff to cope with the increasing number of cholera and HIV-Aids cases in the province.
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He announced that the department would immediately "unfreeze" the
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By the way, this fraud was set up in 2007, approximately 6 months before the government gave Goldman-Sachs $12 Billion to 'unfreeze' them.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ronald Ricker 2010
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By the way, this fraud was set up in 2007, approximately 6 months before the government gave Goldman-Sachs $12 Billion to 'unfreeze' them.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ronald Ricker 2010
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Go-Optimize serves to 'unfreeze' an organization's assets.
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Couple that with the fact that the Fed is still actively seeking to "unfreeze" the credit market (which wasn'ty frozen in the first place), and you have the perfect recipe for new bubbles.
Latest Articles 2009
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