Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

.throw sth a'way 1 {also .throw sth 'out) to get rid of sth that you no longer want: He threw away his laptop after three months and replaced it with a new one. 2 to fail to make use of sth; to waste sth: You must take the exam—you can't throw away all that work! о to throw away a chance/an opportunity -» throwaway .throw sth 'in to include sth with what you are selling or offering, without increasing the price: Manufacturers may throw in benefits like training support, .throw sth 'out 1 = throw sth away (l) 2 to decide not to accept a proposal, an idea, etc: A judge threw out a lawsuit that tried to stop the company building a telecom mast in the area, .throw sth 'up 1 to produce sth; to make people notice sth:

A Web search threw up a couple of useful pages. 2 to leave your job: She threw up her job as a solicitor to become a writer. 3 to build or make sth in a hurry: People think you can just throw a website up and customers will find the answers to their questions.

throwaway /'Grauawei; AmE'Qrou-/ adjective [only before noun]

(about goods, etc.) produced cheaply and intended to be thrown away after use: throwaway cameras о We live in a throwaway society {= a society in which things are not made to last a long time). disposable

.thumbs'up/'down noun [sing ] used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is a success/failure: Shareholders gave a cautious thumbs up to the merger, о The latest model has so far got the thumbs down from consumers.

tick /tik/ verb, noun

verb {BrE) {AmE check) [+ obj]

to put a mark (/) next to an item on a list, an answer, etc., usually to show that it has been dealt with or is correct: Tick this box if you do not wish us to send you information.

ГТЛ71have .ticks in all the right boxes {informal) to be doing the right things in order to achieve a particular result: The company is making good progress in the health-care market, with ticks in all the right boxes.

ШЛЯ .tick sb/sth 'off {BrE) {AmE .check sb/sth'off) to put a mark (/) beside a name or an item on a list to show that sth has been dealt with: It's a good idea to tick off the jobs on the list as you do them, .tick 'over (BrE) {usually used in the continuous tenses) (about a business, a system, an activity, etc.) to keep working slowly without producing or achieving much: Just keep things ticking over while I'm away.

noun [C]

see also: minus tick, plus tick

(BrE) {AmE 'check mark, check) a mark (/) put beside a sum or an item on a list, usually to show that it has been checked or done or is correct: I've put a tick against the things I've chosen.

{Finance) {also 'tick point) the smallest amount by which the price of shares, futures (= contracts to buy or sell sth at a particular time in the future for a fixed price), etc. can change, often 0.01% of the nominal value: The September gilt futures price closed 67 ticks up at 115.85.

(Finance) an upward or downward movement in the price of a share, bond, commodity, etc.

-» downtick, uptick

tickbox /'tikbt>ks;/\/t?E-ba:ks/ = checkbox ticker /'tika(r)/ noun [c] see also: stock ticker