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

Derived forms: increments

See also: incremental

Type of: amount, physical process, process

Antonym: decrement

Encyclopedia: Increment