uptick
noun/ˈʌptɪk/
Etymology From up- + tick.
1
A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining.
- "[…] There has been an uptick in the number of people travelling with us: the evidence suggests the commuter market is growing again."2025 November 12, Paul Clifton interviews David Ross, “The RAIL Interview”, in RAIL, number 1048, pages 29-30:
- Antonyms
- downtick
- Derived terms
- uptick trade