uptick

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up·tick

(ŭp′tĭk′)

1. An increase, especially a small or incremental one: last week's uptick in interest rates.

2. A transaction in a stock market executed at a price above the previous transaction for the same security.

[From the indication of a rise in price of a stock by a plus sign on boards above stock market stations.]

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uptick

(ˈʌptɪk)

a rise or increase

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up•tick

(ˈʌpˌtɪk)

n.

1. a rise or improvement, esp. in business.

2. a slight rise or rising trend in the stock market.

[1950–55]

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Noun

uptick - a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

transaction, dealing, dealings - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"

downtick - a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction

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