Insurers are taking their foot off the accelerator in anticipation of a softer market.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
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… … Financial and business terms
accelerator — noun VERB + ACCELERATOR ▪ depress, floor, hit, press, put your foot (down) on, step on ▪ She put her foot on the accelerator and we sped through the traffic lights. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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gas — gasless, adj. /gas/, n., pl. gases, v., gassed, gassing. n. 1. Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid. 2. any such fluid or mixture of fluids. 3. any… … Universalium
pedal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accelerator, brake, clutch, gas (esp. AmE) ▪ foot ▪ To stop the machine push the foot pedal. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
gun — gun1 [ gʌn ] noun count *** 1. ) a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rifle. You load a gun with ammunition and pull the trigger to use it: Move! said Cardiff, waving the gun at them. She found herself looking down the barrel… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gun — I UK [ɡʌn] / US noun [countable] Word forms gun : singular gun plural guns *** 1) a) a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rifle. You load a gun with ammunition and pull the trigger to use it a gang armed with machine guns Move! … English dictionary
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