(in business or politics) a significant change in policy or attitude, especially one that results in an improvement or increase.
Example sentencesExamples
25 year mortgages are a great idea when interest rates fluctuate in a narrow band, but when there is a step change in rates as has happened recently, the consumer can get slaughtered.
While the technology is a step change, the increase in capability will be evolutionary across the British Army.
Our aim is to drive a step change in our business by involving our people and developing the meat category in line with changing consumer tastes.
The challenge is not just to keep up with competitors in the future but, by delivering a step change, to pursue a leading position.
Such a step change would require a step change in budgets.
Each individual initiative is justifiable; cumulatively, they represent a step change in the state's capacity to know where we are.
We expect a step change in state-provided healthcare, but we live with a political orthodoxy that prevents politicians from raising the tax required.
There was a step change in the level of representation in 1997.
Whatever the motive, it still marks a step change in the aggressive marketing of higher speed services.
This all represents a step change for shareholders of utility shares.
The Commission says the Government's 10-year transport plan - published last year - offers ‘long awaited focus on integrated policies and a step change in levels of investment’.
We are now entering the digital age and the new DVD technology available represents a step change in picture quality and convenience.
We look at companies that are looking to raise capital to fund a step change in their business.
Collectively they represent a step change in the approach the business is taking to the cultivated turf and quality topsoil market in the North of England.
The government is looking for a step change in technological capabilities rather than an incremental change.
The step change in temperature affected mostly the apical peak of maximal expansion growth activity, but also exerted an effect on the entire expansion zone.
There has been a step change in politics in this country since the war on Iraq, and the movement against it.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a step change in the quality of education facilities for key groups of the Croydon community.
Both have bet their political reputations on a massive increase in public spending producing a step change in the quality of public services.
It's a bigger step change for people in Coniston and Hawkshead.
Definition of step change in US English:
step change
noun
British
(in business or politics) a significant change in policy or attitude, especially one that results in an improvement or increase.
Example sentencesExamples
The Commission says the Government's 10-year transport plan - published last year - offers ‘long awaited focus on integrated policies and a step change in levels of investment’.
The government is looking for a step change in technological capabilities rather than an incremental change.
We are now entering the digital age and the new DVD technology available represents a step change in picture quality and convenience.
Our aim is to drive a step change in our business by involving our people and developing the meat category in line with changing consumer tastes.
Collectively they represent a step change in the approach the business is taking to the cultivated turf and quality topsoil market in the North of England.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a step change in the quality of education facilities for key groups of the Croydon community.
We expect a step change in state-provided healthcare, but we live with a political orthodoxy that prevents politicians from raising the tax required.
There was a step change in the level of representation in 1997.
25 year mortgages are a great idea when interest rates fluctuate in a narrow band, but when there is a step change in rates as has happened recently, the consumer can get slaughtered.
We look at companies that are looking to raise capital to fund a step change in their business.
Whatever the motive, it still marks a step change in the aggressive marketing of higher speed services.
Both have bet their political reputations on a massive increase in public spending producing a step change in the quality of public services.
The step change in temperature affected mostly the apical peak of maximal expansion growth activity, but also exerted an effect on the entire expansion zone.
There has been a step change in politics in this country since the war on Iraq, and the movement against it.
This all represents a step change for shareholders of utility shares.
Such a step change would require a step change in budgets.
While the technology is a step change, the increase in capability will be evolutionary across the British Army.
It's a bigger step change for people in Coniston and Hawkshead.
The challenge is not just to keep up with competitors in the future but, by delivering a step change, to pursue a leading position.
Each individual initiative is justifiable; cumulatively, they represent a step change in the state's capacity to know where we are.