runup

Other forms: runups

Definitions of runup
  1. noun
    a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
    “a runup in interest rates”
    “market runups are followed by corrections”
    synonyms: run-up
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    type of:
    increase
    a change resulting in an increase
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