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Word of the Day: Jack (something) up
Jack up is a phrasal verb that means to increase the price or the height of something.
As the demand for oil rises, gas stations jack up the price of gasoline.
I’m sure we’ll feel the effects of jacked-up vegetable prices in Japan.
Four typhoons hit Hokkaido this fall and caused considerable damage to many crops, such as potatoes, onions and corn.
As a result, harvests decreased, and companies would have to jack the prices up to make profits.
Let’s hope that the sudden surge in prices doesn’t catch anyone off guard and lead to sticker shock.
Let’s also hope prices are not raised too much; nabe season is here!
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 75.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.