double-dip

Meanings

1. An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
2. A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
3. Ellipsis of double-dip recession (“return to recession after a short period of growth”).
4. The drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.

1. To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
2. To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
3. To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
4. To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
5. To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.
6. To defeat a team twice in the finals.
7. To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.
8. To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.

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