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increase

▪ I. increase in‧crease ² [ˈɪŋkriːs] noun [countable, uncountable]

1. a rise in amount, number, or degree:

increase in

• There was an increase in delays of deliveries of supplies.

increase be on the increase

• Demand for low-cost housing is on the increase (= is increasing ) .

2. pay/price/tax etc increase when an amount is increased by a company or government:

• Tobacco use in the state fell mostly because of the rise in the cost of cigarettes as a result of the tax increase.

[m0] ▪ II. increase in‧crease ¹ [ɪnˈkriːs] verb

1. [intransitive] to become larger in amount, number, or degree:

• Manufacturing output increased 0.6% in July.

• Sales increased to 11.5 million tons from 11 million tons.

increase in

• The yen is forecast to increase in value over the next year.

• The oil that it uses has increased in price to $13 a barrel.

2. [transitive] to make something larger in amount, number, or degree:

• The rail company increased the number of passengers it carried last year by 14%.

• He has increased the number of his licensing agreements.

— increasing adjective [only before a noun] :

• There is increasing difficulty in finding trained staff.

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increase UK US /ɪnˈkriːs/ verb [I or T]

► to become larger in amount or size, or to make something do this: increase by sth »Sales have increased by 10%.
increase to sth »Our gross margin increased to 24%.
increase in price/size/value »Over the past two years the department has increased in size.
the number/rate/level increases »Staffing numbers increase during the summer months.
increase gradually/slowly/steadily » Bookings are increasing steadily.
»Interest rates have increased slightly.
increase dramatically/rapidly/significantly »The volume of work has increased dramatically.
increase efficiency/production/productivity »The new measures are intended to increase efficiency.
»to increase costs/prices/sales
»This process greatly increases manufacturing speeds.

increasing adjective

► »An increasing number of customers shop online.

increasingly adverb

► »Borrowers are becoming increasingly aware of their options, and tend to shop around.

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increase UK US /ˈɪnkriːs/ noun [C or U]

► a situation in which the number, size, or amount of something gets bigger: a pay/price/tax increase »Customers stocked up, anticipating a January price increase.
an increase in sth »Businesses are facing a 12% increase in energy costs.
an increase of sth »Revenue last year was $347 million, an increase of 26%.
»a dramatic/significant/substantial increase
»a small/slight/steady increase

→ See also RISE(Cf. ↑rise) noun

● on the increase — Cf. on the increase

Financial and business terms. 2012.