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hike

[hahyk] / haɪk /




VERB
raise, increase
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An upward move this week would mark the first hike since September 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning in February of the previous year drove an energy-price spike.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Rumors in the market that the Bank of Korea may hike interest rates this month to address the declining currency.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Eurozone government bond yields edged lower in opening trade, with market focus on a widely anticipated quarter-point rate hike by the ECB on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“We expect the ECB to strike a delicate balance between not calling the hike a ‘one-and-done’ hike while also stopping short of pre-announcing further hikes,” said Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I’ll hike the route that Mom and Dad would have driven.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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