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Jiangyueming Posted 13 years ago
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Hike

Can I say "The food price has hiked 7 pecent in past 5 years" or "The food price hiked stably between 1990 to 1995"? I mean, can I use "hike" to replace "increase"? Thank you for replying.
  

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The food price has been hiked 7 percent in the past 5 years -- OK jiangyueming Can I say ... "The food price hiked stably between 1990 to 1995"? No.

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  • The food price has been hiked 7 percent in the past 5 years -- OK jiangyueming Can I say ...
  • "The food price hiked stably between 1990 to 1995"?
  • No.
  • Do you mean that 'prices rose consistently'?
  • jiangyueming I mean, can I use "hike" to replace "increase"?
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The food price has been hiked 7 percent in the past 5 years -- OK
jiangyuemingCan I say ... "The food price hiked stably between 1990 to 1995"?
No. Do you mean that 'prices rose consistently'?
jiangyueming I mean, can I use "hike" to replace "increase"?
No, 'hike' conveys a meaning of purposeful manipulat
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Yes, I mean "Prices rose consistently". OK. I got it. I suppose not to use "hike" to replace "rise" or "increase" since "hike" is a negative word. Thank you!
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Sorry, one more question. Does the sentence "The food price has been hiked 7 percent in the past 5 years" also convey a meaning of purposeful manipulation?
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jiangyueming Does the sentence "The food price has been hiked 7 percent in the past 5 years" also convey a meaning of purposeful manipulation?
Yes, it means that someone (e.g. the food companies) raised the prices by 7%.
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Another small comment.

'Hike' suggests to me a large and rapid increase.

I wouldn't call 7% in the last 5 years a large and rapid increase.

Clive
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