Betekenis van:
prop up

to prop up
Werkwoord
    • support by placing against something solid or rigid

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    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.
    2. BGB could make no further contribution of its own, having already done its utmost in 2001 to counter the extensive loss of own resources and to prop up its own‐funds ratio by reducing its risk‐bearing assets.
    3. This does not, however, mean that the Authority will have a permissive approach to aid for the re-structuring of ailing firms located in assisted areas to help a region prop up companies artificially.
    4. The fact that an ailing firm is located in an assisted area does not, however, justify a permissive approach to aid for restructuring: in the medium to long term it does not help a region to prop up companies artificially.
    5. This does not, however, mean that the Authority will have a permissive approach to aid for the re-structuring of ailing firms located in assisted areas to help a region prop up companies artificially. On the contrary, it is in the region’s own best interest to develop alternative activities that are viable and sustainable as soon as possible.
    6. In assisted areas, the conditions for authorising aid may be less stringent as regards, in particular, the implementation of compensatory measures. This does not, however, mean that the Authority will have a permissive approach to aid for the re-structuring of ailing firms located in assisted areas to help a region prop up companies artificially.