upping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of up

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of increasing something.

   “He announced, I believe, that it was far better, instead of making uniform uppings of all allowances, to provide for cases where need arose. I have not before me to-night figures as to dependents' allowances paid in other places.”

   “Yes; I personally believe that we can meet it if we are willing to bear down hard enough and make quickly enough a set of decisions that will lead toward sharp uppings of our production.”