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increase

A quantitative change in which a value becomes larger; the amount by which a quantity grows, often expressed as an absolute difference or a percentage.

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Example

If a quantity increases from 80 to 100, the absolute increase is 20 and the percent increase is 25%.

Synonyms

growthgainincrementriseexpansion

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