upping
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]upping
- present participle and gerund of up
Noun
[edit]upping (countable and uncountable, plural uppings)
- The act of increasing something.
- 1942, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons:
- He announced, I believe, that it was far better, instead of making uniform uppings of all allowances, to provide for cases where need arose. I have not before me to-night figures as to dependents' allowances paid in other places.
- 1943, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, Investigation of the national defense program:
- Yes; I personally believe that we can meet it if we are willing to bear down hard enough and make quickly enough a set of decisions that will lead toward sharp uppings of our production.