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squeeze
to squeeze
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- noodzaken; gemaakt
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
"He squeezed her for information"
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to squeeze
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- forceren, doordrukken
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
"He squeezed her for information"
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squeeze
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
"he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
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squeeze
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- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
"increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
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squeeze
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- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
"getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"
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squeeze
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- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
"she was his main squeeze"
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squeeze
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- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
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squeeze
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- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
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- I can't squeeze this orange. It's dry.
- Can you squeeze me into your busy schedule?
- He was still strong enough to squeeze a switch.
- The agent was able to squeeze a confession out of the terrorist.
- It would be nice if you had a wedge of lime I could squeeze into my icewater.
- She really had to stretch her imagination to squeeze enough material for a solo album out of a contrabassoon, but by God, she did.
- However, careful monitoring as well as performance of an appropriate margin-squeeze test as set out above would be essential to avoid anti-competitive outcomes.
- Lufthansa intends to acquire 90 % of Austrian Airlines, as reaching this threshold will enable a ‘squeeze out’ and hence a takeover of 100 % of the business shares.
- On the other hand, action to reduce the level of retail prices without addressing the level of the wholesale costs associated with the provision of these services could prejudice the position of some operators, in particular smaller operators, by increasing the risk of price squeeze.
- The Commission cannot concur with Austria’s argument that the issue of additional bonds, providing BB with additional liquidity in the amount of EUR 380 million, would not have been a decisive factor for any of the bidders for the bank, when at the same time Austria argues that the expected liquidity squeeze was a reason not to sell BB to the Consortium.
- Margin squeeze can be demonstrated by showing that the SMP operator’s own downstream operations could not trade profitably on the basis of the upstream price charged to its competitors by the upstream operating arm of the SMP operator (‘equally efficient competitor’ test).
- It is conceivable that aid to Alcoa’s Italian smelters does not enable Alcoa to reduce the world price for aluminium and squeeze competitors out of the market, and that other European producers may remain in business as long as they can sell profitably at the world price.
- In this context the Commission would emphasise that preventive measures could have been taken by BB and the owner to limit the liquidity outflow and notes that the Province of Burgenland had already committed itself to raising EUR 380 million of new liquidity for BB by issuing new bonds covered by Ausfallhaftung before the sale of the bank. The Commission cannot concur with Austria’s argument that the issue of additional bonds, providing BB with additional liquidity in the amount of EUR 380 million, would not have been a decisive factor for any of the bidders for the bank, when at the same time Austria argues that the expected liquidity squeeze was a reason not to sell BB to the Consortium.