Gilt
Gilt noun - A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold.
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Show
Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.
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When he presents hard facts and explains the exact minimum amount of money he'd need to at least keep the service running a while longer, his boss (Big Bad Reacher Gilt) agrees to give him a quarter of it, and makes a grand show of it as though he's being generous.
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