American business jargon. 2014.
sweeten — sweet‧en [ˈswiːtn] verb [transitive] to make an offer, suggestion etc seem more attractive in order to encourage someone to accept it: • The airline sweetened its offer to $235 million. • The British auto maker has sweetened its customer… … Financial and business terms
sugar/sweeten the pill — to make an unpleasant thing less difficult to accept or deal with Faster service may sugar the pill of higher fees. • • • Main Entry: ↑pill … Useful english dictionary
sweeten — [[t]swi͟ːt(ə)n[/t]] sweetens, sweetening, sweetened 1) VERB If you sweeten food or drink, you add sugar, honey, or another sweet substance to it. [V n] He liberally sweetened his coffee... [V n with n] The Australians fry their bananas and… … English dictionary
sweeten — verb (sweetened; sweetening) Date: circa 1552 transitive verb 1. to make sweet 2. to soften the mood or attitude of 3. to make less painful or trying 4. to free from a harmful or undesirable quality or substance; especially to remove sulfur… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sweeten — tv. to make a bargain or agreement better or more attractive. □ Okay, I’ll sweeten the deal. I’ll throw in a lighted mirror on the visor. □ Sweeten the deal with air, and I’ll buy the car … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sweeten — sweet|en [ˈswi:tn] v 1.) [I and T] to make something sweeter, or become sweeter ▪ Sweeten the mixture with a little honey. 2.) [T] also sweeten sb<=>up informal to try to persuade someone to do what you want, by giving them presents or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
The Gore Gore Girls — Infobox Film name = The Gore Gore Girls image size = caption = director = Herschell Gordon Lewis producer = writer = Alan J. Dachman narrator = starring = Frank Kress, Amy Farrell music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1972… … Wikipedia
deal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fair, good, sweet (AmE) ▪ bad, raw, rotten, rough ▪ Immigrants often get a bad deal when it comes … Collocations dictionary
Timeline of the Kashmir conflict — The following is a timeline of the Kashmir conflict.* 1846: Kashmir is ceded: Sikh Empire ceded Kashmir to the East India Company via Treaty of Lahore. The British gave it to Maharaja Gulab Singh Dogra of Jammu, after the Treaty of Amritsar was… … Wikipedia
Characters of the Mass Effect universe — This article describes notable characters who appear in the Mass Effect fictional universe. These characters are explored in the novels Mass Effect: Revelation, Mass Effect: Ascension, Mass Effect: Retribution, and Mass Effect: Deception; the… … Wikipedia
