Financial and business terms

TACK STH ON

UKUStack sth on
Phrasal Verbwithtack(••/tæk/verb[T]
(alsotack sth onto sth)to add something extra to something:»

Tacking a 32% surcharge on these products prices them out of U.S. markets.

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He promised that he would tack labour and environmental clauses onto future trade deals.

INFORMALSTOCK MARKETto increase by a certain amount:»

Wal-Mart tacked on $1.18, or 2.1% and was the Dow's biggest percentage gainer.

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The Nasdaq tacked on 11.12 points or 0.81% to 1391.74.