The phrase "a hefty rise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant increase in something, such as prices, profits, or statistics.
Example: "The company reported a hefty rise in sales this quarter, exceeding all expectations."
Alternatives: "a substantial increase" or "a significant jump".
That is a hefty rise from 1.1% core inflation in the year to December.
Each round of enlargement delivered a hefty rise in GDP and productivity growth, relative to the counterfactual.
Despite a hefty rise in the renminbi's value since 2005, China's trade surplus to the U.S. continues to rise.
These are sure to show a hefty rise as Northern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces replace underground casinos with their first legal ones.
Leading shares are heading higher for the second day, boosted by a hefty rise on Wall Street ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Thursday.
Japan's surplus in its current account, the broadest measure of trade in goods and services, showed a hefty rise in February as weakness in the economy hampered imports.
This year, with the Big Six suppliers seemingly announcing a hefty price rise every week or so, heating and power will be more expensive still for 20 million households.
Aside from a hefty price rise, a new report from JPMorgan analyst Rod Hall states that Apple will remove Touch ID fingerprint recognition from the iPhone 8 completely.
In good part because of higher shipping costs, as intermediaries raised their fees, Chinese steel makers had to confront a hefty price rise of 53.1% for the full year of 2007 for iron ore shipments from India, the highest among the countries exporting to China.
He added: "We look forward to early clarity from the Scottish government on whether it will similarly allow firms operating in Scotland to defer a portion of the hefty rise in business rates bills that is expected to come into effect next April.
Local bureaucrats, by contrast, were due a hefty pay rise.
