upward+slope
101Normal Yield Curve — A yield curve in which short term debt instruments have a lower yield than long term debt instruments of the same credit quality. This gives the yield curve an upward slope. This is the most often seen yield curve shape. Sometimes referred to as… …
102upgrade — (n.) 1873, upward slope, from UP (Cf. up) + GRADE (Cf. grade). The meaning upgraded version is recorded from 1980; the verb in this sense is attested from 1920 (implied in upgrading) …
103ascent — as cent || nt n. climbing; rising up; upward slope …
104ascents — as cent || nt n. climbing; rising up; upward slope …
105clearway — A defined rectangular area on the ground or in the water at the end of a runway in the direction of takeoff and under the control of the competent authority. It has been selected or prepared as a suitable area over which an aircraft may make a… …
106ascent — noun 1》 a climb to the summit of a mountain. ↘an upward slope. 2》 an instance of rising through the air. ↘a rise in status. Origin C16: from ascend, on the pattern of the pair of descend, descent …
107rise — verb (past rose; past participle risen) 1》 come or go up. ↘reach a higher social or professional position. ↘(rise above) succeed in not being constrained by. 2》 get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling. ↘chiefly Brit. (of a meeting or… …
108sheer — sheer1 adjective 1》 nothing other than; unmitigated: sheer hard work. 2》 (of a cliff, wall, etc.) perpendicular or nearly so. 3》 (of a fabric) very thin. adverb 1》 perpendicularly. 2》 archaic completely; right. Derivatives sheerly adverb… …
109acclivity — n. Ascent, upward slope, rising ground, steep, hill, height, up hillway …
110acclivity — n ascent, upward slope, grade, gradient, rise, incline, inclination, slant, pitch, cant, upgrade; elevation, glacis, bank, hill, hillside, hillock, eminence …
