QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

By the end of 1973, the price of oil had quadrupled to $11.65 a gallon.

In ten years, homicide rates tripled and suicide rates quadrupled.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After three weeks, the youngster has tripled or even quadrupled its weight.

Between 1949 and 1950, he quadrupled the number of regular Vietminh battalions to one hundred and seventeen.

By quadrupling the number of visitors, our foreign exchange would be enhanced by nearly £20,000 million.

Cleverly used it will double, treble, even quadruple the size.

For example, transfers almost quadrupled the incomes of the poorest fifth of the income receivers.

For families with children under age 5, the poverty rate quadrupled during the 1980s.

From humble beginnings sales have quadrupled and are set for further high growth in the next three years.

This is why its share price has nearly quadrupled since it went public in March 1989.

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