UPTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uptick mean? 

• UPTICK (noun)
  The noun UPTICK has 1 sense:

1. a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

  Familiarity information: UPTICK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPTICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("uptick" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Antonym:

downtick (a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction)

 Context examples 

But excess calcium from food was not associated with a similar uptick in mortality risk, which suggests that the body may not be able to clear excess supplemental calcium as well as it can natural calcium.

(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)