: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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Finally, Archer, like many pre-revenue companies in this capital-intensive industry, has ongoing funding requirements for scale-up. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 These spaces could be the home of startups and scale-ups that create good-paying jobs and strengthen the city’s tax base. Adolfo Carrión Jr, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025 What used to take months—tech transfers, process validations, scale-ups—can now be accelerated by systems that learn, adapt and guide the path forward. Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 The pair are pressing ahead with a massive scale-up, both at home and across Southeast Asia. Cat Wang, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for scale-up

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1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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