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jack-up

jack-up noun: an increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates.

Noun

jack-up (plural jack-ups)

  1. An increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates.
    • It’s hard to stay in business with the recent jack-up in fuel costs.
  2. (attributive, often) A machine that uses jacks or hydraulic lifts.
    • a jack-up rig
    • The second phase of resilience work at Dawlish station began on November 5, with the arrival off the coast of an eight-legged walking jack-up barge known as a Wavewalker.2020 November 18, “Network News: Wavewalker starts work at Dawlish”, in Rail, page 11

Forms of jack-up

pluraljack-ups
alternative formjackup

Origin of jack-up

Attributive use of verb phrase jack up.

Questions about jack-up

What does jack-up mean?
Jack-up means an increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates.
What part of speech is jack-up?
Jack-up is a noun.
What is the plural of jack-up?
The plural of jack-up is jack-ups.

Words near jack-up in the dictionary

  1. jack-sinker
  2. jack-sinkers
  3. jack-staff
  4. jack-staffs
  5. jack-tar
  6. jack-up
  7. jack-up-the-orchard
  8. jack-ups
  9. jack-walk
  10. Jack-with-a-lantern
  11. jackable

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