uprate

present singular third person uprates · participle present uprating · participle past uprated · past uprated

1. transitiveTo give a higher rating to.

   The hotel also had its listed status uprated from Grade II to Grade II*.

   2023 February 8, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Heritage group opposes Liverpool Street revisions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 26

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   The '360s' are due to be released from the Anglia franchise in August next year, after which they will be uprated for 110mph operation and refurbished to make them suitable for their new outer-suburban role.

   2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53

2. UKtransitiveTo increase the value of (a benefits payment).

   It's time to ask whether we really need to be uprating Universal Credit year-on-year.

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   ...how can we justify taking out of the contributions of those people something to up-rate the benefit of widows whose circumstances, apart from this reserved right, are identical with those whom society has said should have no pension at all?

   1961 December 13, John Boyd-Carpenter, “New Clause—(Increase Of Widow's Basic Pension)”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons)^(https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1961-12-13/debates/3a0e6a8c-9623-4ef3-957f-3d5c1c9efbe5/NewClause%E2%80%94(IncreaseOfWidowSBasicPension)), volume 651, column 475

3. transitivehobbiesTo put a higher value of postage on (a letter) than required by the official rate.

plural uprates

1. An increase in a rating