increase

• "The amount of work increased"

• "The boss finally increased her salary"
• "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

• "there was an addition to property taxes this year"
• "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

Synonyms

• additiona component that is added to something to improve it; the act of adding one thing to another; a quantity that is added; something added to what you already have; a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area ; the arithmetic operation of summing
• gaina quantity that is added; the advantageous quality of being beneficial ; the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input ; the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating ; obtain; win something through one's efforts; derive a benefit from; reach a destination, either real or abstract; obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; rise in rate or price; increase or develop; earn on some commercial or business transaction; increase (one's body weight)

• "the increase is scheduled for next month"

• "the increase in unemployment"
• "the growth of population"

Synonyms

• incrementa process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; the amount by which something increases
• growth(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a progression from simpler to more complex forms; a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; vegetation that has grown; the gradual beginning or coming forth; (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) ; something grown or growing

• "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

Synonyms

• incrementa process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; the amount by which something increases

• "he gave me an increase in salary"

Synonyms

• step-upthe act of increasing something