(~s, trebling, ~d)
1.
If something ~s or if you ~ it, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was.
They will have to pay much more when rents ~ in January...
The city has ~d the number of its prisoners to 21,000.
= triple
VERB: V, V n
trebling
A new threat to Bulgaria’s stability is the week-old miners’ strike for a trebling of minimum pay.
N-SING: oft N of n
2.
If one thing is ~ the size or amount of another thing, it is three times greater in size or amount.
More than 7 million shares changed hands, ~ the normal daily average.
= triple
PREDET: PREDET det n
3.
A ~ is a boy with a very high singing voice.
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4.
In sport, a ~ is three successes one after the other, for example winning three horse races on the same day, or winning three competitions in the same season. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM)
The win completed a ~ for them–they already claimed a league and cup double this year.
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