hike
- noun
- /haɪk/
- And Johnson just put through the biggest tax hike since World War II.
- a price hike
- a tax hike
- a wage hike
Microsoft is announcing big price hikes for their AI ChatGPT.
- Microsoft is announcing big price hikes for their AI ChatGPT.
- Well, we got probably more hikes coming from our central banks.
- So a pause in the interest rate hike by the Fed.
- Bullard's been talking about front end loading hikes, rate hikes forever.
- Let me start with the Putin price hike, high gas prices, and energy press.
- It's here are four people dealing with, I mean, who how is a rent hike not relatable?
- With this strategy, then comes Oneplus's biggest generational price hike yet.
- But just last week, the project's leadership announced another delay and another price hike.
- And then the response to inflation was in a very aggressive interest rate hike.
- The Eagles got first jump because the other team can't budget until the hike.
Examples
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In the turbulent global economy of the 1970s, the oil-price hikes had created huge new requirements for global financing.
Academic text (2001) -
Both the gasoline tax and the county sales tax hike were defeated by whopping margins, however.
Blog text (4) -
The increased rate hike will go into effect at the end of this year.
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Jack and a guarantee: No price hike for at least two years.
Fiction book (1992) -
She's been spending lots of money since the rate hike.
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Their candidate didn't win, they smell a tax hike coming for them, and they're upset.
Blog text (2) -
My study addresses a very basic question: What was the impact of the tax hikes on the prices of alcoholic beverages?
Academic text (2005) -
Following the price hike in 1979-1980, this dependence decreased to 32% in 1985.
Academic text (1993) -
Students at the University of Oregon are protesting a proposed 4.7 percent tuition hike, arguing that the increase isn't affordable.
Academic text (2016) -
The city announced a significant hike in public transportation fares that will take effect next month.
Synonyms
An increase in amount or value
An increase in the money you earn at your job
An increase in amount or success that helps something
A sudden big rise in amount or number
A sudden rise by a large amount
An increase in the taxes people or companies pay
A rise in the money you pay for things or services
An increase in amount, level, or strength
A sudden rise in prices or values over a short time
Extra money that an employer pays a worker for their job
A sudden strong increase in activity or interest
Extra money paid to a person for their job
A rise in how much you must pay to buy or make something
An increase in the amount of money people pay for goods or services
An increase in the pay workers get for doing a job
A sudden large rise in price or value
A sudden rise in amount or price
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Etymology
Hike. The noun hike meaning a rise in cost comes from the same 'pull up' idea — to hike up something is to 'pull it up' or raise it. So a hike in prices is simply a 'pulling up' of how much you must pay.