Raise

Raise

/rāz/

Noun/Verb

1. Verb to lift up, to elevate Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. – Orrin Woodward 2. Verb to grow or cultivate It takes a village to raise a child. – Proverb 3. Noun an increase in salary It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting. – Ben Bernanke (1953-)