Quadruple

Definition of quadruple:

part of speech: verb

To multiply by four.

part of speech: noun

Four times the quantity or number.

part of speech: verb

To increase fourfold.

part of speech: adjective

Fourfold.

part of speech: noun

A sum or quantity four times as great as another.

Usage examples for quadruple:

• I was teaching her to double, to triple, and to quadruple the cabalistic combinations. "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.

• With a cast of four persons we presented Shakespeare and Schiller, most wonderfully made over for our own use by Krzyzanowski, who besides that had a great many plays of his own with double or quadruple titles. "The Comedienne", Wladyslaw Reymont.

• Her confidence moved my pity, so I took a gold quadruple from my purse and offered it to her; she wept for joy and gratitude. "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.

• By putting down all competition these combinations of capitalists and speculators are usually enabled to purchase the lands, including the improvements of the settlers, at the minimum price of the Government, and either turn them out of their homes or extort from them, according to their ability to pay, double or quadruple the amount paid for them to the Government. "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.