Definition of "rally" []

• To call together for a common purpose; assemble: rally troops at a parade ground. (verb-transitive)
• To reassemble and restore to order: rally scattered forces. (verb-transitive)
• To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline: paused to refresh themselves and rally their strength. (verb-transitive)
• To come together for a common purpose. (verb-intransitive)
• To join in an effort for a common cause: "In the terror and confusion of change, society rallied round the kings” ( Garrett Mattingly). (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Meanwhile, profits may be available on the long BP call options should shares in the name rally another 11.5% to surpass the effective breakeven price of $46.89 by expiration in April 2012."
• "As any aggressive investor knows, missing out on a rally is the same as losing money."
• "More necessary than a rally is a counterweight to the political extremism so commonly lent a media platform."