farm in v. phr.— «“Finder and the Government are both anxious at getting investors to farm into the project,” said the ministry official. “Farming in,” as it is called, refers to when a company drills wells or performs...
spoiler n.— «The Ministry for Culture and Heritage are running a “spoiler” campaign by placing a paid advertisement that displays when the keyword “eventfinder” is searched for on Google. The technique is known as...
tough room n.— «Remember that this letter was written by Paul to the church at Crete. This was a “tough room” for ministry because of the reputation of the citizens.» —“I am no longer relevant. Or am I?” by...
spokesweasel n.— «Eddie’s brain started scrambling for a message that would let News Desk know that the information the Defense Ministry spokesweasels were pumping out was incomplete.» —by Karen Traviss Crossing the...
wet adj.— «As water resources minister, Mr Munshi had been burdened with a lightweight ministry, one which is not quite as “wet” as the name may suggest (in Delhi parlance, a “wet” ministry is one where the...
estacode n.— «An NNPC official told Newswatch last week that the corporation had become the source of free fund for government. “The practice is that the ministry passes over some expenditures to the corporation to pay and debit it...