jack-up
noun
an increase or rise.
jack-up
American
[jak-uhp]
/ ˈdʒækˌʌp /
noun
Informal.
jack up
British
verb
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(tr) to increase (prices, salaries, etc)
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(tr) to raise an object, such as a car, with or as with a jack
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slang (intr) to inject oneself with a drug, usually heroin
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informal (intr) to refuse to comply; rebel, esp collectively
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informal to initiate, organize, or procure
noun
jack up
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of jack-up
1900–05, noun use of verb phrase jack up
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Adnoc L&S said lower utilization and reduced day rates for its jack-up barge fleet partly reflected the regional geopolitical environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the area at the time were two wind farm crew transfer vessels and a tugboat towing a jack-up maintenance barge.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
The fire broke out around midday Thursday on the jack-up oil rig in Sabine Pass, where the Texas-Louisiana border meets the Gulf of Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Nordea says some 100-200 jack-up rigs may need to be scrapped before day rates improve.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2017
I say, Tom; I ain't a man to jack-up while I got a sanguinary leg to stan' on; but I'm gone in the inside, some road.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
“I don’t think you should jack up rates into this environment right now,” said John Luke Tyner, head of fixed-income and a portfolio manager at Aptus Capital Advisors, on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Shares had their worst session in more than a year on Thursday, slumping 6% after the iPhone maker said it would jack up the price of MacBooks and iPads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Companies are saying, ‘Let’s just jack up the price as high as we possibly can and extract as much from the small set of wealthy people,’” Richards said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026
One of the biggest worries is that businesses will know when consumers have an urgent need or are in the middle of an emergency, and jack up prices in response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
To see the remaining traces of this early settlement, scientists would have to jack up the whole enormous pile and dig underneath.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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