"increment" in the noun sense
1. increase, increment, growth
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
"the increase in unemployment"
"the growth of population"
2. increase, increment
the amount by which something increases
"they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
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