scale-up

noun

ˈskāl-ˌəp 

: an increase according to a fixed ratio

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The financing is underpinning the company’s scale-up plans, Raja explains. —David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023

Advertisement However, companies that are more scientific about adding talent—those employing a fractional to full-time model—will have fewer layoffs because much of their talent will be on demand with scale-up and scale-down capabilities. —Anna Oakes, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2023

While global governments are relying on a rapid scale-up of the wind industry to hit climate goals, shrinking profit margins and soaring costs have cooled development. —BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023

The 15 teams, selected from over 1,100, had to demonstrate a viable approach along with scale-up plans and cost estimates. —IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022

Because there are eight billion people in the world, scale-up and widespread collaboration across countries would be necessary to make enough vaccine. —Hannah Docter-loeb, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above