high

high
/haɪ/ adjective
1. large, not low
High overhead costs increase the unit price.
High prices put customers off.
They are budgeting for a high level of expenditure.
High interest rates are crippling small businesses.
high sales a large amount of revenue produced by sales
high taxation taxation which imposes large taxes on incomes or profits
highest tax bracket the group which pays the most tax
high volume (of sales) a large number of items sold
2.
the highest bidder the person who offers the most money at an auction
The tender will be awarded to the highest bidder.
The property was sold to the highest bidder.
adverb
prices are running high prices are above their usual level
noun
a point where prices or sales are very large
Prices have dropped by 10% since the high of January 2nd.
highs and lows on the Stock Exchange a list of shares which have reached a new high or low price in the previous day’s trading
sales volume has reached an all-time high the sales volume has reached the highest point it has ever been at
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‘American interest rates remain exceptionally high in relation to likely inflation rates’ [Sunday Times]
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‘…faster economic growth would tend to push US interest rates, and therefore the dollar, higher’ [Australian Financial Review]
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‘…in a leveraged buyout the acquirer raises money by selling high-yielding debentures to private investors’ [Fortune]

Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.

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