raise

raise: /reɪz/ noun US

an increase in salary

● He asked the boss for a raise.

● She is pleased – she has had her raise.

● She got her raise last month.

(NOTE: The UK term is rise.)

■ verb

1.

♦ to raise an invoice to write out or print out an invoice

♦ to raise a cheque to write out a cheque, either by hand or by machine

2. to increase or to make higher

● The government has raised the tax levels.

● Air fares will be raised on June 1st.

● The company raised its dividend by 10%.

● When the company raised its prices, it lost half of its share of the market.

● The organisation will raise wages if inflation gets worse.

● This increase in production will raise the standard of living in the area.

3. to obtain money or to organise a loan

● The company is trying to raise the capital to fund its expansion programme.

● The government raises more money by indirect taxation than by direct.

● Where will he raise the money from to start up his business?

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‘…the company said yesterday that its recent share issue has been oversubscribed, raising A$225.5m’ [Financial Times]

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‘…investment trusts can raise capital, but this has to be done as a company does, by a rights issue of equity’ [Investors Chronicle]

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‘…over the past few weeks, companies raising new loans from international banks have been forced to pay more’ [Financial Times]

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Synonyms:

Lift, uplift, set up, raise up, make upright / Bring back to life, raise from the dead / Rear, bring up / Cause to arise, give rise to, originate, produce, cause, effect / Give rise to, originate, occasion, start, set going / Utter, strike up, give utterance to / Excite, intensify, invigorate, heighten / Hoist, heave / Erect, rear, construct, build up / Exalt, elevate, advance, promote / Enhance, heighten, increase, aggravate, augment, amplify, enlarge / Excite, rouse, arouse, awake, stir up, call up, call forth, put in action, put in motion / Collect, levy, obtain, get, bring together, assemble / Grow, cause to grow, propagate, cultivate / Make light or spongy (as bread)

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Raise — (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised} (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[=i]sa to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to raise.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raise — [rāz] vt. raised, raising [ME raisen < ON reisa, caus. of risa, to RISE] 1. a) to cause to rise; move to a higher level; lift; elevate b) to bring to or place in an upright position 2. to construct or erect (a building, etc.) … English World dictionary
RAISE — ( Rigorous Approach to Industrial Software Engineering ) was developed as part of the European ESPRIT II LaCoS project in the 1990s, led by Dines Bjørner. It consists of a set of tools based around a specification language (RSL) for software… … Wikipedia
raise — ► VERB 1) lift or move to a higher position or level. 2) set upright. 3) increase the amount, level, or strength of. 4) promote to a higher rank. 5) cause to be heard, felt, or considered: doubts have been raised. 6) build (a structure). 7) … English terms dictionary
raise — [n] increase in salary or position accession, accretion, addition, advance, augmentation, boost, bump, hike, hold up*, increment, jump, jump up*, leg*, leg up*, move up*, promotion, raising, rise, step up*; concepts 344,351,763 Ant. decrease,… … New thesaurus
raise — I (advance) verb aggrandize, augment, boost, bring up, dignify, elevate, enhance, enlarge, ennoble, exalt, further, glorify, heighten, honor, increase, lift, move up, prize, promote, propose, provehere, put, suggest, uplift, upraise associated… … Law dictionary
raise — raise; raise·man; … English syllables
raise — raise, rise nouns An increase of salary is called a rise in BrE and a raise in AmE … Modern English usage
raise v — raise your eyebrows, raisin n … English expressions
raise — vb 1 *lift, elevate, hoist, heave, rear, boost Analogous words: *rise, ascend, mount, soar: *exalt, magnify, aggrandize: *advance, promote, forward, further 2 * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
raise — raise1 W1S2 [reız] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move higher)¦ 2¦(increase)¦ 3¦(collect money)¦ 4¦(improve)¦ 5¦(start a subject)¦ 6¦(cause a reaction)¦ 7¦(move eyes or face)¦ 8¦(move upright)¦ 9¦(children)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English

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