SCROOGE STRIKES.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services As Americans rein in rein in Verb 1. to stop (a horse) by pulling on the reins 2. to restrict or stop: either prices or wage packets had to be reined in Verb 1. spending this holiday season, bosses aren't aren't Contraction of are not. See Usage Note at ain't. aren't are not aren't be as likely to be included on their gift lists, says Maritz
1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. plan to give their boss a present this year. ``Americans are picking and choosing very carefully who they will spend their valuable holiday dollars on,'' said Phil Wiseman, Maritz's vice president of marketing. ``For most people, the boss just doesn't make the cut.'' But 38 percent said they plan to buy gifts for their colleagues. Of that number, 25 percent said they would spend $25 or less on their co-workers and 18 percent said they plan to budget between $75 and $100. Wiseman said the harsh economic climate, terrorist attacks and the war in Afghanistan probably have led workers to demonstrate camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. at the office by giving holiday gifts to each other. |
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