The collaboration of the two companies will help accelerate the process of getting more women into leadership.
synonyms
speed up
word origin — early 16th century (in the sense ‘hasten the occurrence of’): from Latin accelerat- ‘hastened’, from the verb accelerare, from ad- ‘towards’ + celer ‘swift’
accelerate, plunge, withdraw, inherit, expenditure: meanings and examples
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accelerate · verb/əkˈsɛləˌreɪt/
to move faster
The collaboration of the two companies will help accelerate the process of getting more women into leadership.
Synonyms: speed up
Origin: early 16th century (in the sense ‘hasten the occurrence of’): from Latin accelerat- ‘hastened’, from the verb accelerare, from ad- ‘towards’ + celer ‘swift’
plunge · verb/pləndʒ/
to drop quickly
Manufacturing employment has plunged by half since the 1980s.
Synonyms: go down, fall
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French plungier ‘thrust down’, based on Latin plumbum ‘lead, plummet’
withdraw · verb/wɪðˈdrɔ/
to take money out of a bank account
I spend the Sunday morning trying to find an ATM to withdraw some cash for the farmers' market.
Synonyms: take out
Origin: Middle English: from the prefix with- ‘away’ + the verb draw
inherit · verb/ɪnˈhɛrət/
to take over money or property from your older generation
Rose inherited a large fortune from her family and donated huge amounts to charitable causes throughout her lifetime.
Synonyms: obtain, receive, take over
Origin: Middle English enherite ‘receive as a right’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’
expenditure · noun/ɪkˈspɛndətʃər/
money that is spent
Increased expenditure on education can raise the level of human capital
Synonyms: expense, spending
Origin: mid 18th century: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor ‘officer in charge of expenditure’, from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere (see expend)