- a stock transaction at a price higher than that of the preceding transaction
- an increase or upturn; rise
Origin of uptick
up- + tick (see ticker, sense a)
noun
The definition of an uptick is a small increase or a stock transaction with a higher price than the previous transaction.
An example of an uptick is a twenty five cent increase in the minimum wage.
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uptick
noun
- An increase, especially a small or incremental one: last week's uptick in interest rates.
- A transaction in a stock market executed at a price above the previous transaction for the same security.
Origin of uptick
From the indication of a rise in price of a stock by a plus sign on boards above stock market stationsTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural upticks)
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uptick - Investment & Finance Definition
A trade that occurs at a higher price than the previous trade. To indicate that it is an uptick trade, a plus sign is displayed next to the last price where the stock traded. Short sales must be executed on upticks or zero-plus ticks.
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Sentence Examples
- Men's dressing rules have evolved over recent years, and one of the main underlying reasons for this was the tremendous uptick in wealth during the late 1990's, and very early 2000's.
- Interest in the series took a slight uptick with the arrival of J.J.
- It appeared on the Violent Femmes' 1982 debut album but enjoyed a massive uptick in popularity in the 90s when it was used in the film Grosse Point Blank.