Ratchet tarimas:

/'rætʃ/ (ratchet) /'rætʃit/

Ratchet audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: A mechanism consisting of a pawl that engages the sloping teeth of a wheel or bar, permitting motion in one direction only.
• noun: The pawl, wheel, or bar of this mechanism.
• verb-transitive: To cause to increase or decrease by increments: "Some companies . . . may make things worse if they seek to ratchet down their medical expenses by limiting benefits for psychological or psychiatric care” ( Newsweek).
• verb-intransitive: To increase or decrease by increments.

Lietuviškos reikšmės:

reketo mechanizmas

reketas v (pa)kelti (kainas

ratchet up)