double-dip
verb (also double dip) uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/ us/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/
(MONEY)
[ I or T ] US同时赚两份钱(常指从事非法活动)
to receive money from two places at the same time, sometimes in a way that is not legal
They found that only 5 percent of government workers double-dip.
The Governor double-dipped over $200,000, claiming living expenses from two separate residences.
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- Teachers and police officers were given permission to double-dip pension and salary—to "retire and return."
- A loophole in federal law allowed teachers to "double dip" in both a state retirement system and the Social Security system.
- They said that in receiving payments from a buyout while collecting his federal salary, he was "double-dipping at the taxpayers' expense."
- They terminated his employment after finding he double-dipped on patient visits—billing for an office visit and a surgical procedure at the same time, which is not allowed.
double-dip
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/ us/ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/
(经济)二次萧条的(指经济刚略有起色,随即又陷入萧条)
used for describing a period of time during which economic activity gets weaker, increases a little, and then gets weaker again
a double-dip recession 二次萧条