tick
Example Sentences
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In addition to raising the price to $31 a share, Paramount increased its regulatory termination fee to $7 billion and accelerated the ticking fee to start after Sept. 30 rather than next year.
The NHS says the main symptom is ticking, which involves repetitive sounds or movements you cannot choose or control.
From BBC
Paramount’s latest proposal also includes a 25 cents a share ticking fee, payable to Warner shareholders for each quarter the deal hasn’t closed after Sept. 30.
From Barron's
"I'm on medication which I take every eight weeks, which sort of ticks me over and gets me through," he explains.
From BBC
Interest in talking to the dead ticked up once more.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.