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- kick kick [kɪk] verbkick in phrasal verb1. [intransitive] informal if a system, arrangement, event etc kicks in, it begins to have an effect:
• Many lawyers are hurrying to arrange settlements before the new tax rules kick in.
2. [intransitive, transitive] kick something → in to join with others in giving or making money, especially in order to help people:• In eight years, companies have kicked in $300,000 towards community improvements.
• Sales per employee - one measure of how the staff may or may not be kicking in for a company - rose by 8%.
kick something → off phrasal verb1. [transitive] FINANCE if an investment kicks off payments, it produces those payments for the investor:• Single-state muni funds kick off income that is exempt not only from federal taxes but from state taxes as well.
2. [intransitive, transitive] informal if a meeting, event etc kicks off or you kick it off, it starts:• The conference was scheduled to kick off at noon.
• The company will kick off its advertising campaign in the UK next week.
kick somebody → out phrasal verb [transitive]informal to dismiss someone from a job or make them leave a group:kick somebody → out of• Some of his fellow attorneys tried to kick him out of the profession.
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kick UK US /kɪk/ verb [T]→ See also TIRE KICKER(Cf. ↑tire kicker), KICK STH AROUND(Cf. ↑kick sth around), KICK BACK(Cf. ↑kick back), KICK STH BACK(Cf. ↑kick sth back), KICK IN(Cf. ↑kick in), KICK STH IN(Cf. ↑kick sth in), KICK OFF(Cf. ↑kick off), KICK STH OFF(Cf. ↑kick sth off), KICK SB OUT(Cf. ↑kick sb out)
Financial and business terms. 2012.