STEP-UP


Meaning of STEP-UP in English

/step"up'/ , adj.

1. effecting an increase.

2. Elect. serving to increase voltage: a step-up transformer.

3. (of a lease) allowing for gradual rent increases to the highest amount permissible.

n.

4. an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something.

Also, stepup .

[ 1890-95; adj., n. use of v. phrase step up ]

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