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increase

increase

524 1.0
The extra amount added to something to make it larger
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌkriːs/
translation icon : incremento
  • George Osborne's Budget yesterday was not expected to cancel out the huge increase in costs.
  • a price increase
  • a percent increase
  • a significant increase

And so that increase in price is a tax.

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Examples

  • Recent studies show a predicted 10 percent increase of fatalities per year.

  • They want a 17% increase in pay or this fall they go on strike.

  • Those things lead to an increase in financial conditions.

  • Your own figures show a 17% increase in gun crime in the last 12 months.

  • What's the net impact of this increase in tax rates?

  • One is the reaction to the increase in refugees.

  • The miners are asking for a 35 percent increase in wages.

  • What they did find was a sharp increase in nutrients, especially ammonia.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There's going to be a substantial increase in snowmelt.

  • November records showed a 49 percent increase from last year, Gregory said.

Synonyms

gain
vsincrease
  • Specialized
559 2.3

An advantage that gives you more money or success

is the added quantity itself, without implying benefit or profit
increment
vsincrease
25 5.1

A small fixed amount by which something increases

is any added quantity and not always regular or fixed
step-up
vsincrease
20 3.6

An increase in amount, level, or strength

is the simple added amount without stressing level or intensity
uptick
vsincrease
17 5.6

A small rise in the level or value of something

is any added quantity, not necessarily small or slight
augmentation
vsincrease
13 6.1

An increase in size, amount, or level

is the added quantity itself rather than the process
enlargement
vsincrease
11 3.3

An increase in size or amount

is the added quantity itself, not focused on physical size

Antonyms

451 3.2

A decrease in size, amount, degree, or price

84 2.2

A drop in amount or number

Compounds

165 3.0

A rise in the money people pay to the government as taxes

A rise in the money you pay for things or services

12 2.5

Extra money that an employer pays a worker for their job

Extra money paid to a person for their job

A rise in how much you must pay to buy or make something

A higher price for travel on buses or trains

How Big

jump
73 3.3
gain
  • Specialized
559 2.3
increase
524 1.0
boost
153 2.7
increment
25 5.1

Surface Forms

increase singular
increases plural

Etymology

Increase comes from Latin in- 'in' and crescere 'to grow', giving the image of 'growing more', which is why as a noun it can mean the extra amount something grows or the added quantity.