accelerator

accelerator
accelerator ac‧cel‧e‧ra‧tor [əkˈseləreɪtə ǁ -ər] noun [singular] ECONOMICS
1. the principle that when demand for goods rises and falls, investment rises and falls by even larger amounts
2. when a government uses the accelerator, it encourages demand as a way of controlling the economy:

• Ministers need to time their use of the economic brake or accelerator carefully.

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accelerator UK US /əkˈseləreɪtər/ noun
► [C] something that makes a process happen or makes something progress more quickly: »

Good companies use technology as an accelerator of momentum.

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In the postwar period, governments saw co-operatives as an economic accelerator.

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Accelerators offer you a way to pay off your mortgage sooner by increasing the number or amount of payments.

► [S] (also accelerator effect) ECONOMICS the principle that investment increases as demand increases, but by greater amounts
● put your foot on the accelerator — Cf. put your foot on the accelerator
● take your foot off the accelerator — Cf. take your foot off the accelerator

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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