gold-plating
[ gohld-pley-ting ]
noun
the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
any expensive nonessential item, convenience, or feature: an apartment with a sauna and other gold-plating.
Origin of gold-plating
1First recorded in 1960–65
Words Nearby gold-plating
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How to use gold-plating in a sentence
During gold-plating there is a considerable advantage in keeping the electrodes moving or the solution stirred.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallGold plating shone on the section of the mast enclosed within the cabin.
A Friend of Caesar | William Stearns DavisIt is at such a time that one is brought face to face with war without any of its gold plating.
Drum Taps in Dixie | Delavan S. MillerFor these reasons, nickel or gold plating is much to be preferred.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallSpecimens of filling are even more rare than those of gold plating.
Pagan and Christian Rome | Rodolfo Lanciani
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