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crystallise

/ˈkrɪstəlaɪz/

C2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law verb

(Of a floating charge) to fix upon specific assets on a defined triggering event.

The floating charge crystallised the moment the company ceased trading.

Topic: Commercial law in Legal English

Business verb

To make an idea or plan become clear and definite.

The workshop crystallised a fuzzy value proposition into something the sales team could actually say.

Similar: clarify, coalesce, define

Topic: Marketing in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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