| golden parachute |
(informal) a contract or agreement that guarantees top executives of a company severance pay or other compensation in the event that they lose their jobs as a result of an acquisition by or merger with another company, or the severance pay so offered. |
| golden retriever |
any of an English breed of large hunting dog with long ears and a thick, wavy, reddish or golden coat. |
| goldenrod |
any of various plants that bloom in late summer or early fall with fronds of small, usu. yellow flowers atop tall stiff stems. |
| golden rule |
a rule of conduct that is usu. phrased "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". |
| goldenseal |
a North American woodland plant of the buttercup family, having large round leaves and a thick yellow rootstock and bearing small greenish white flowers. [2 definitions] |
| golden section |
in mathematics and the fine arts, a relationship between two dimensions of a plane figure, or two segments of a line, such that the ratio of the smaller to the larger is the same as that of the larger to the sum of the two, or about .62 to 1.00. |
| golden wedding |
a fiftieth wedding anniversary. |
| gold-filled |
made of a base metal with an outer layer of gold. |
| gold-finch |
any of several small North American birds, the males of which are yellow with black wings, tail, and forehead. [2 definitions] |
| goldfinch |
a small finch with yellow and black markings, found in North America, Europe, and Asia. |
| goldfish |
a small, usu. orange or yellow freshwater fish bred in numerous varieties and often kept in ponds or aquariums. |
| gold foil |
gold that has been beaten into thin sheets, slightly thicker than gold leaf. |
| goldilocks |
(used with a sing. verb) (cap.) in a European folk tale, a young girl with blond hair who visits the house of three bears. [3 definitions] |
| gold leaf |
gold rolled or beaten into extremely thin sheets, used esp. for gilding. |
| gold medal |
the award for winning first place in an Olympic or other competition, with silver and bronze medals going to second and third place winners. |
| gold mine |
a place where gold ore is mined. [2 definitions] |
| gold plate |
tableware or containers made of or plated with gold. [2 definitions] |
| gold-plate |
to cover with a layer of gold or electroplate with gold. |
| gold rush |
a sudden, hasty rush of people to an area where gold has been recently discovered. |
| goldsmith |
one who makes or sells objects of gold. |
| gold standard |
a monetary system in which a set amount of gold is established as the measure of the value of the currency. |