Uprate

"uprate" or improve the efficiency of existing nuclear facilities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Public sector workers, who are expected to go on strike on Thursday over government cuts to pension benefits, will fall further behind following a decision to uprate their benefits in line with a lower rate of inflation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Lib Dems have put their distinctive stamp on several progressive announcements in the autumn statement, not least the commitment to uprate benefits in line with inflation, on which Osborne vacillated. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If George Osborne chose to freeze housing benefit rather than uprate it in line with historic increases in rental rates next April, he would save the taxpayer about £900m. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Let's put it this way, the entire time I wrote this article I kept switching windows to interact with the crowd in my room, or "uprate" a song, or see what was being played. ❋ Conan Neutron (2011)

The government will uprate the lower earnings limit for National Insurance for April next year, but it hasn't told us by how much. ❋ Amelia Larkin (2010)

The only real reason that's important is it could be the difference between someone having the ability to see -- and therefore uprate -- troll-rated comments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or, why has iTunes destroyed 90% of my library after insisting I uprate to 7.0.2 to buy some music? ❋ Unknown (2007)

I will find some other comments of yours and uprate to make up for this. ❋ GayandRight (2007)

Lib Dems believe it would be unwise to make another change in calculating welfare payments after Osborne decided last year to uprate benefits in line with the lower Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation rather than the higher Retail Prices Index. ❋ Nicholas Watt (2011)

The company in the past has carried out many power uprate and outage projects, increasing the capacities and the reliability of its nuclear power plants.

Provides details about types of nuclear power uprate programs carried out and nuclear reactors operated by Exelon.

Exelon has plans to increase the capacities of its existing nuclear power plants through power uprate programs, and with the help of nuclear power it will reduce its carbon footprint and provide carbon-free power to all of its electric customers in the US.

The government has refused to backtrack on elements of the changes that still rile the union rank and file, including a decision to uprate pensions and benefits in line with the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index, which rises at a higher rate. ❋ Dan Milmo (2011)

Similar problems were discovered at the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago, which had undergone a 17% uprate. ❋ Unknown (2011)