gold-plate

See also: gold plate

English

Verb

gold-plate (third-person singular simple present gold-plates, present participle gold-plating, simple past and past participle gold-plated)

1. Alternative spelling of gold plate
   • 2020 November 18, “Network News: Railway is years behind the curve”, in Rail, page 9:

     "The railway gold-plates projects. No one takes ownership of the gold-plating, it just sort of happens over time. It's about delivering what is acceptable financially - the private sector would love to gold-plate everything, but it can't afford it."