plural upticks
1
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.—
Don Peck
Don PeckAny near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.—Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar2
finance
: a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security
Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.—Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher
compare downtick sense 2
Martin Fackler and Keith BradsherSynonyms
Examples of uptick in a Sentence
an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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The apples-to-apples improvement over the Rebel Heart Tour – Madonna’s most recent all-arena run – combines an uptick in ticket prices ($162.42 –> $199.93) with a 12% increase in average per-show attendance count (12,750 –> 14,274).
—Eric Frankenberg, Billboard, 9 May 2024
Divorce rates in the U.S. have steadily declined for almost two decades—except among one segment of the population that has seen an uptick.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 May 2024
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Eric Frankenberg, Billboard, 9 May 2024
Divorce rates in the U.S. have steadily declined for almost two decades—except among one segment of the population that has seen an uptick.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 May 2024
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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