raise

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If a raise is about 10 percent then he's saving all of about $1,000,000 for one year.

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  1. transitive verb To move to a higher position; elevate: raised the loads with a crane. See Synonyms at lift.
  2. transitive verb To set in an upright or erect position: raise a flagpole.
  3. transitive verb To erect or build: raise a new building.
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  • Then the one with the better hand after the draw or showing on the board would check-raise, and the other one would fold, so they weren't going heads-up, or simply fattening the pot. —  AHMM,March2008
  • More valuable = promotion or a raise, and perhaps a new position you ENJOY! —  Popular Posts Across MetaFilter
  • Neitzke submitted a document showing the raise was approved by the Common Council, with no vote from himself, and that the raise applies to whomever is elected next week. —  JSOnline.com
  • Rousso pulled the trigger on the check-raise, and Negreanu called. —  Poker News
  • Deval Patrick recommended yesterday, saying the raise is a slap in the face to struggling families. —  Hub Politics
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pay ·  reduction ·  contribution ·  outlay ·  lift ·  lower ·  bet ·  dividend ·  expenditure ·  appropriation ·  rise ·  withdrawal

Used in the same contextWord Family

raise:   raising ·  raised ·  raises
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English raisen, from Old Norse reisa; see er-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also rayse; from Middle English raisen, raysen, reisen, reysen, from Icelandic reisa (= Sw, resa = Danish reise = Gothic (Moesogothic) raisjan = Anglo-Saxon rǣran, English rear), raise, cause to rise, causal of rīsa, rise, = Anglo-Saxon rīsan, English rise: see rise. Cf. rear the native (Anglo-Saxon) form of raise.
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