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Drip feed

The continual investment of capital in a small and growing company as the company needs it, rather than investing a lump sum at the company's inception.

Drip Feed

1. In venture capital, the practice of making small investments in a start-up as the need for capital arises. That is, a venture capital firm may sponsor a start-up, but a drip feed protects the firm from the risk that a start-up will collapse, resulting in the loss of the whole investment. A drip feed can be useful because it allows the start-up to maintain and expand operations while not forcing too much risk on its sponsor.

2. See: Dollar-cost averaging.

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That's about all we know but no doubt there'll be a drip-feed of more information.

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The drip-feed of information in relation to the Garda bugging scandal is only making the whole fiasco even more damaging.

Basic rights of prisoners have been trampled on

Prosecutors said Roger Clark, 57, took the cash in a "drip-feed" method over a number of months.

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But after talks with lawyers BBC bosses decided on Wednesday to drip-feed the expenses' revelations to the public.

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Better to get the truth out now rather than endure a summer drip-feed of half-truths.

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It's the first to encapsulate the most potent form at a pH level that 'drip-feeds' it into the skin for an immediately with the least risk of irritation.

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It's the first to encapsulate the most potent form at a pH level that 'drip-feeds' it into the skin for an immediately fresher complexion with the least risk of irritation.

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You are waiting in limbo with this crowd at the gate while the airline drip-feeds disingenuous information on how long you'll be stuck there and why.

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Based on SJ Watson's bestselling novel, Before I W Go To Sleep is an ingenious thriller, which drip-feeds us fragmented flashbacks, clouding our judgment of characters as they orbit Christine, purportedly out of love.

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Based on SJ Watson's bestselling novel, Before I Go To Sleep is an ingenious thriller, which drip-feeds us fragmented flashbacks, clouding our judgment of characters as they orbit Christine.

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Based on SJ Watson's bestselling novel, Before I bestselling novel, Before I W Go To Sleep is an ingenious thriller, which drip-feeds us fragmented flashbacks, clouding our judgment of characters as they orbit Christine, purportedly out of love.