buy time

Advertisers commit to buying time up front in order to lock in ratings and price guarantees.

"For now, buying time is the best strategy - maybe offering the US cheaper imports of industrial goods as a trade-off."

Russia has previously rejected the idea of a temporary ceasefire, saying it was an attempt to buy time and prevent Ukraine's military collapse.

Lenders to the debt-saddled company are offering up to £3bn in additional short-term loans to buy time to complete a major restructuring of the UK's biggest water and waste company.

This is a young group of players that Clement has and he is desperately trying to buy time to mould them into a gnarled unit.