transitive. To increase the amount of (a tax, a price, a wage, rent, etc.).

To raise (prices, value); to increase (charges, etc.).

transitive. = enhance, v.

= enhance, v. 2b 4 5.

To augment (a price, or amount charged).

transitive. To cause (a price, etc.) to rise; to force (a thing) up to a higher price; to increase the price of.

transitive. To increase (esp. a price). Obsolete.

transitive. To raise, increase (a price, etc.).

transitive. To force to move or go; to convey forcibly or laboriously; to pull on, up, over, etc.; to ‘drag out’; to increase (a price, etc.). Also…

To increase or raise (prices, production, mechanical power, etc.). colloquial (originally U.S.).

transitive. To charge (a customer) an inflated price for something, esp. to take advantage of high demand. Also intransitive in same sense. Cf. gouge…

= raise, v.1 34. Cf. uplift, n. 4.