gold plating
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgoldandplating
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gold
noun
uk/ɡəʊld/us/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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plating
noun[U]
uk/ˈpleɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈpleɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
a thin layer of metal, especially gold or silver, that is put on top ...
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(Definition ofgoldandplatingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The walls were in addition golden, covered withgoldplatingto a finger's thickness.
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This guidance is already subject to review and will be affected by the outcome of the official review of guidance ongoldplating.
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This is not a matter of policy but of red tape and worse still,goldplating.
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What about all thegoldplatingthat has already taken place?
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I suspect that some of the proposals on implementing that directive are no more thangoldplating.
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They say that the measure isgoldplatingand will cost them a lot of money.
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I emphasise that it is not an exercise ingoldplatingalready excellent buildings.
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We are now looking to stopgoldplating.
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It is that rather than an issue ofgoldplating.
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We are also seeing the continuinggoldplatingof directives.
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They are not justgoldplatingand bending over backwards to comply with the convention, but going way beyond what is needed.
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