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jack

noun
  1. A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship. Also used with uppercase: jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman. Informal: salt, tar. Slang: gob 3. See sea
  2. Fabric used especially as a symbol: banderole, banner, banneret, color (used in plural), ensign, flag 1, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer. See substitute
  3. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal: wampum. Slang: bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, green, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British: brass. See money
verb
To increase in amount. Also used with up: boost, hike, jump, raise, up. See increase

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