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triple lock en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK) A policy whereby the state pension is increased every year to match either price inflation, earnings growth, or a third fixed rate, whichever is highest.
He refused to rule out changes to the pensions triple lock and said a new windfall tax on energy profits was on the table.
2022 October 17, “Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax”, in The Guardian:
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(Ireland, informal) The requirement for approval by the Irish government, the Dáil (parliament), and the United Nations prior to any overseas military action by Irish defence forces.
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quadruple lock