Meaning & use
pegging
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“pegging” is a form of “peg”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meanings
verbtransitivefinance
Fixing the price, wage or exchange rate of something at a set level or in line with something else.
Grammar: Takes an object, usually with to: pegging wages to inflation.
Patterns
- peg something to something
- peg something at something
The country is pegging its currency to the dollar.
The union wants salaries pegged to the cost of living.
Pegging prices at a low level can cause shortages.
verbtransitive
Fastening something with pegs, such as washing on a line or a tent in the ground.
Grammar: Takes an object, often with up, down or out: pegging down the tent.
Patterns
- peg something up
- peg something down
She spent the morning pegging washing on the line.
We were pegging down the tent as the wind rose.
He was pegging out the string to mark the garden bed.
noununcountableslanginformal
Informal slang for a sexual practice in which a woman penetrates a partner using a strap-on device.
Grammar: Slang; appears mainly in adult contexts.
The term pegging appears in articles about adult relationships.
Some sex educators now include pegging in their guides.
Dictionaries often describe pegging only as a slang term.
Word forms
| present participle | pegging |
|---|---|
| past tense | pegged |
Common combinations
- pegging the currency
- The bank is pegging the currency to a basket of others.
- pegging wages to inflation
- The deal involves pegging wages to inflation.
- pegging the tent
- We were pegging the tent before the rain began.
- pegging out washing
- She was pegging out washing in the sun.
Synonyms and how they differ
- fixing
- Fixing is a general word for setting something firmly, while pegging implies linking a value to a reference.
- tying
- Tying works for links between values or knots, but pegging suggests a deliberate, set relationship.
- pinning
- Pinning is the usual word for fastening with a pin, while pegging is for pegs on lines and tents.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: pegging or pegging out?
pegging vs pegging out
Peg out in British slang can mean to die, which is quite different from pegging a price.
Practice
What does pegging mean in this sentence? The government is pegging the exchange rate to the euro.
Choose one answer.
Pegging a currency means linking it to another at a fixed relationship. Letting it change daily would be floating it.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “pegging”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.