uptick

noun

up·tick | \ ˈəp-ˌtik

plural upticks

Definition of uptick

1 : an increase, rise, or upward trend For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.— Don Peck Any near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.— Rana Foroohar

2 finance : a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.— Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher — compare downtick sense 2

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Examples of uptick in a Sentence

an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year

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