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• treble — [[t]tre̱b(ə)l[/t]] trebles, trebling, trebled 1) V ERG If something trebles or if you treble it, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was. They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January... [V n] The city has… …   English dictionary

• treble — treb‧le [ˈtrebl] verb [intransitive, transitive] to become three times as big in amount; = TRIPLE: • Net income more than trebled, to £5.7 million. • A federal jury awarded $2 million in damages, to be trebled under antitrust law. * * * treble… …   Financial and business terms

• treble — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, the highest part in a three part composition, from treble, adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. the highest voice part in harmonic music ; soprano b. one that performs a treble part; also a member of a family of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• treble — treb|le1 [ˈtrebəl] predeterminer BrE three times as big, as much, or as many as something else American Equivalent: triple ▪ They sold the house for treble the amount they paid for it. treble 2 treble2 v [I and T] BrE to become three times as big …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• size — noun 1 how big or small sth is ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, impressive, large, massive, substantial, vast …   Collocations dictionary

• treble — triple, treble In general contexts (outside music, betting, etc.) the two words are largely interchangeable as noun, verb, and adjective, but triple is more common for the verb (especially in intransitive uses, in the sense ‘to become three times …   Modern English usage

• treble — 1 predeterminer three times as big, as much, or as many as something else: They sold the house for treble the amount they paid for it. 2 verb (I, T) to become three times as big in amount, size, or number, or to make something increase in this… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• The Rock and Roll Trio — was the name of a rockabilly group which was formed in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1950s. They were also known as Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio and the Johnny Burnette Trio . The members of the Trio were Dorsey Burnette, his… …   Wikipedia

• The Selmer Company — was a manufacturer of musical instruments started in Paris, France in the early 1900s. Selmer was known for its high quality woodwind instruments, especially saxophones and clarinets. The Selmer brand was preferred by many well known jazz artists …   Wikipedia

• Treble-bar — Taxobox name = Treble bar image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Geometridae genus = Aplocera species = A. plagiata binomial = Aplocera plagiata binomial authority = Linnaeus,… …   Wikipedia

• treble — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb (esp. BrE) ⇨ See also ↑triple ADVERB ▪ more than ▪ almost, nearly PREPOSITION ▪ in ▪ …   Collocations dictionary