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Index (Verb)

Adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices".

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

The company indexes its pension payments annually to keep up with inflation.
Some countries choose to index their minimum wage to the cost of living.
The union negotiated a contract that indexes salaries to the national average wage.
To account for rising costs, the firm indexes its tax payments each fiscal year.
Economists often index the consumer price index to last year's average prices for comparison.

Provide with an index; "index the book".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

The compiler will index the pages so that the user can quickly find any specific topic.
She will index the dictionary so that the words can be found by their pronunciation.
The academic planned to index her research paper so that the references could be easily identified.
The computer system will index the bookmarks to quickly retrieve previously visited websites.
To make the book more user-friendly, it helps to index the terms used throughout the chapters.

List in an index.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The editors carefully indexed the book to make it easier for readers to find specific topics.
Newly published books are indexed by the library to facilitate quick access to their contents.
The library's computer system quickly indexed the books by title, author, and subject.
The research study indexed the data from the survey to identify common trends and patterns.
The indexer worked diligently to correctly index the references and citations in the academic papers.