EU to end its odd policy

scrap (THROW AWAY) Hide phonetics
verb [T] -pp-
1 to not continue with a system or plan:
They're considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways.
We scrapped our plans for a trip to France.

2 to get rid of something which is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways:
Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been scrapped.

compensate (EXCHANGE) Hide phonetics
verb [I]
to provide something good or useful in place of or to make someone feel better about something that has failed or been lost or missed:
Nothing will ever compensate for his lost childhood.
His enthusiasm more than compensates for his lack of experience.
I took her swimming to compensate for having missed out on the cinema.
We were late and I was driving fast to compensate.

compensation Hide phonetics
noun [C or U]
something that makes you feel better when you have suffered something bad:
I have to spend three months of the year away from home - but there are compensations like the chance to meet new people.
Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening.
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cultivate Hide phonetics
verb [T]
1 to prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop:
Most of the land there is too poor to cultivate.
The villagers cultivate mostly maize and beans.

2 to try to develop and improve something:
She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator.

3 If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you:
The new Prime Minister is cultivating relationships with old Eastern Bloc countries.
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boost Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to improve or increase something:
The theatre managed to boost its audiences by cutting ticket prices.
Share prices were boosted by reports of the President's recovery.
I tried to boost his ego (= make him feel more confident) by praising his cooking.
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