adj : increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in
the basic wage rate"
n 1: the event of something being raised upward [syn: elevation, lift]
2: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were
treated as a child [syn: rearing, nurture]
3: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, rearing, upbringing]