lift
verb [ T ]
uk/lɪft/ us ECONOMICS, FINANCE
to make the amount or level of something rise:
Low interest rates may lift consumer confidence.
The group's shares were lifted 5.25p to 170p by the news.
Economists said that the cash probably helped lift the economy out of recession.
lift sales/prices/profits
to move something from a lower to a higher position:
They use a crane to lift the containers onto the ship.
GOVERNMENT, POLITICS
to end a rule or law:
Federal officials will lift an order grounding all small planes.
lift a ban/an embargo/sanctions
lift
noun [ C ]
uk/lɪft/ us [ usually singular ]
an increase:
a lift in sth Local stores saw a lift in sales.
That gave the dollar a lift against the yen.
WORKPLACE UK ( US elevator)
a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another:
Visitors normally take the lift to the reception level one floor below.
in the lift I came up in the lift with the company Chairman.