: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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Raising new finance will help with the research and development required for this scale-up. David Prosser, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 But with Trump’s overt hostility to all things IRA, scale-up is unlikely. Jim Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025 Second, establish effective public funding schemes that drive technological scale-up while offering security measures to attract private investment. Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Investments in both post-seed start-ups as well as scale-ups at the intersection of fashion and technology. Evan Clark, WWD, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scale-up

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First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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