UPTICK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("uptick" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Antonym:

downtick (a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction)

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