raise

The company rises its prices every January.
The company raises its prices every January.

The company rose my salary this month.
The company raised my salary this month.

Use raise when someone makes something go up. Put the thing that goes up after the verb: ‘raise prices’, ‘raise a salary’.

Use raises in the present and raised in the past. Use rise when the thing itself goes up: ‘Prices rise.’ ‘My salary rose.’

Check our grammar lesson on the difference between raise and rise.

See RISE