de-index, v.
(diːˈɪndɛks)
[f. de- II. 1 + index v.; cf. indexation.]
trans. To remove indexation to inflation or cost-of-living rates from (pensions or other benefits); to cease to index. Hence de-indeˈxation.
| 1979 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 16 Political opposition to making short term benefits liable for tax will be much smaller than to de-indexing pensions. 1980 Times 12 Jan. 12/2 Will it [an interview] be remembered for all that dogged detail over possible changes in union immunities and de-indexation of social benefits. 1983 Listener 28 July 5/1 If the Cabinet decides to de-index benefits or to cut deeply into the Health Service.., the reaction of its refurbished back benches is not predictable. |