definitions

gold-plating

[ gohld-pley-ting ]
/ ˈgoʊldˈpleɪ tɪŋ /

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.

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Nearby words

gold-exchange standard, gold-filled, gold-of-pleasure, gold-plate, gold-plated, gold-plating, golda, goldarn, goldarned, goldbach conjecture, goldbach's conjecture

Origin of gold-plating

First recorded in 1960–65

Definition for gold-plating (2 of 2)

gold-plate

[ gohld-pleyt ]
/ ˈgoʊldˈpleɪt /

verb (used with object), gold-plat·ed, gold-plat·ing.

to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
to incorporate costly features or refinements into (something) unnecessarily: The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.
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British Dictionary definitions for gold-plating

gold-plate

verb

(tr) to coat (other metal) with gold, usually by electroplating
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012