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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Alongside
Hi,
"The package is expected to involve a quadrupling - from the current 440bn euros - in the firepower of Europe's main bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).
This would be done by putting in place an arrangement that would allow the European Central Bank (ECB) to lend alongside the fund, our editor says." [From the BBC web site.]
Does the preposition "alongside" mean 'within the limits of' here?
Thank you.
"The package is expected to involve a quadrupling - from the current 440bn euros - in the firepower of Europe's main bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).
This would be done by putting in place an arrangement that would allow the European Central Bank (ECB) to lend alongside the fund, our editor says." [From the BBC web site.]
Does the preposition "alongside" mean 'within the limits of' here?
Thank you.
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Hi, No. 'A alongside B' means both simultaneously. Borrowers willl be able to apply to both the EFSF and the ECB at the same time.
- Hi, No.
- 'A alongside B' means both simultaneously.
- Borrowers willl be able to apply to both the EFSF and the ECB at the same time.
- Clive
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Hi,
No. 'A alongside B' means both simultaneously.
Borrowers willl be able to apply to both the EFSF and the ECB at the same time.
Clive
No. 'A alongside B' means both simultaneously.
Borrowers willl be able to apply to both the EFSF and the ECB at the same time.
Clive
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