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UK
/ˈʌptɪk/
]
[ US /ˈəpˌtɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈəpˌtɪk/ ]
NOUN
- a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction
How To Use uptick In A Sentence
- If the DJIA falls by the target amount, the collar is called the uptick rule. Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
- Compared with the survey we published three months ago, this one shows upticks of optimism in nearly every category.
- Anyway, Devine soothes us, Pakistani officials also "fussed" in response to a recent uptick in Predator drone attacks. Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity
- In fact, they turned out to be even more right than they suspected; they were predicting upticks in illegitimacy that were much more modest than what actually occurred - they expected marriage rates to suffer, not collapse.
- The good news is that Paul's campaign has offered her and her mother a private meeting with the candidate.12.16pm: Today's poll round-up, and there have been a blizzard of the things in the last two days, all much of a muchness but showing a slight slide in Mitt Romney's sky-high ratings and an uptick for Jon Huntsman and others. New Hampshire primary - live: Mitt Romney fends off attacks
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the speculative prevention rule called the downtick-uptick rule (which prohibited short-selling when stock prices were falling), in July Booman Tribune
- The group reported 31,173 sites that spread crimeware — malicious software programmed to steal your password and other information — an 827% uptick from January 2008. Malware gets more malicious, boots small country offline
- Tech companies are lean enough to make an earnings recovery on the slimmest uptick in demand.
- They say that there is an uptick in the threat level.
- Whether the uptick is about setting a precedent against opponents early on or something else, the presence of a player like King can certainly give other teams pause before challenging the Capitals. Poll: Do you like the new, tougher Capitals?