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triple locks

triple locks is the plural of triple lock.

Meaning of triple lock

Noun

triple lock (plural triple locks)

  1. (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
  2. (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.

Questions about triple locks

What is triple locks the plural of?
Triple locks is the plural of triple lock.

Words near triple locks in the dictionary

  1. triple jumper
  2. triple jumpers
  3. triple jumping
  4. triple jumps
  5. triple lock
  6. triple locks
  7. triple malt
  8. triple malts
  9. triple negative
  10. triple nelson
  11. triple nelsons

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