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step-up

adjective

1.

effecting an increase.

2.

Electricity. serving to increase voltage: a step-up transformer.

3.

(of a lease) allowing for gradual rent increases to the highest amount permissible.

noun

4.

an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something.

Also, step·up.

Origin:
1890–95; adj., noun use of verb phrase step up

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step-up
noun
the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" [syn: increase] [ant: decrease]

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