step up
Example Sentences
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If your sister purchases the house, she and your brother’s other heirs would also lose their step-up in basis, a tax break that lets people inherit assets without paying hefty capital-gains tax.
From MarketWatch
If the Medline win helped assuage the former concern, a step-up in the share of its order backlog it can convert into revenue could help ease the latter.
From Barron's
The step-up to the Test arena is brutal.
From BBC
Wall Street and Silicon Valley are booming, and U.S. workers are finally getting a step-up in their real take-home pay.
If you gift your daughter the house — leaving aside the debate over using “gift” as an adjective — your daughter would lose her step-up in basis.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
