[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"increment"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/increase]increase[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/growth]growth[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/decrease]decrease[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/decrease]decrease[/URL]] [*]the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/increase]increase[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/decrease]decrease[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/increment]http://www.word.sc/increment[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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