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Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.
William Graham Sumner

Meaning of "increment" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCREMENT

From Latin incrēmentum growth, increase.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INCREMENT

increment  [ˈɪnkrɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCREMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Increment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INCREMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Increment

Increment or incremental may refer to: ▪ Incrementalism, a theory ▪ Increment and decrement operators, the operators ++ and -- in computer programming ▪ Incremental computing ▪ Increment, chess term for additional time a chess player receives on each move ▪ Incremental games...

Definition of increment in the English dictionary

The first definition of increment in the dictionary is an increase or addition, esp one of a series. Other definition of increment is the act of increasing; augmentation. Increment is also a small positive or negative change in a variable or function. Symbol: Δ, as in Δx or Δ f.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCREMENT


decrement
ˈdɛkrɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
detriment
ˈdɛtrɪmənt
diriment
ˈdɪrɪmənt
dreariment
ˈdrɪərɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
excrement
ˈɛkskrɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
herriment
ˈhɛrɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
merriment
ˈmɛrɪmənt
nutriment
ˈnjuːtrɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
preexperiment
ˌpriːɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
recrement
ˈrɛkrɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
unemployment
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt
wariment
ˈwɛərɪmənt
worriment
ˈwʌrɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCREMENT

incredibility
incredible
incredibleness
incredibly
incredulity
incredulous
incredulously
incredulousness
incremate
incremation
incremental
incremental plotter
incremental recorder
incremental value
incrementalism
incrementalist
incrementally
increscent
incretion
incretionary

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCREMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
enforcement
engagement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement

Synonyms and antonyms of increment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCREMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «increment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of increment

Translation of «increment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCREMENT

Find out the translation of increment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of increment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «increment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

增加量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aumento
570 millions of speakers

English

increment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेतन वृद्धि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زيادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приращение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incremento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃদ্ধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

augmentation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kenaikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erhöhung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

増加量
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

증가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nambah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிகரிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाढ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

artım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incremento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyrost
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прирощення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

creștere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αύξηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inkrement
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inkrement
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilvekst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of increment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCREMENT»

The term «increment» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.046 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCREMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «increment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «increment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about increment

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QUOTES WITH «INCREMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word increment.
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William Graham Sumner
Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCREMENT»

Discover the use of increment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to increment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Increment
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Chris Ryan, 2009
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The Increment
Together they plan to identify the source and extract him from Iran for debriefing. For the job they turn to the Increment, a top secret and lethal black ops unit recruited from within the SAS.
David Ignatius, 2010
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The Increment System: A Complete Sports Psychology System
The Increment System is the world's first "sports psychology system", a system that allows sportspeople to design their perfect mental state and then achieve it through a simple, repeatable process.
Neil Harris, 2009
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C# for Programmers
5.10 Increment and Decrement Operators C# provides two unary operators for adding 1 to or subtracting 1 from the value of a nu- meric variable. These are the unary increment operator, ++, and the unary decrement operator, --, respectively,  ...
Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, 2005
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Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development: Uses, ...
CHAPTER 3 A Review of State Tax Increment Financing Laws Craig L. Johnson and Kenneth A. Kriz INTRODUCTION Following the rapid post-World War II development, the first law authorizing the use of tax increment financing (TIF) was  ...
Craig L. Johnson, Joyce Y. Man, 2001
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Tax Increment Financing (in Minnesota)
In addition to the limitations discussed above, the Minnesota Tax Increment Financing Act places a number of restrictions on tax increment financing. These provisions impose requirements for planning, disclosure and reporting, limit the uses ...
James Noble, Roger Brooks, 1996
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Predicting height increment of young-growth mixed conifers ...
Estimates of forest growth (increment) are used for evaluating productivity of land and to project growing stock into the future.
K. Leroy Dolph, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), 1988
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Means, Ends, and the Constitution of 'good' Planning: ...
This chapter presents an overview of the literatures on local economic development and tax increment financing (TIF). First, a synthesis of the local economic development literature is presented. Next, evaluations of economic development ...
Heather L. Khan, 2008
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Effective Software Project Management
There are two planning situations to consider: a comprehensive increment plan and an increment-by-increment plan. Comprehensive Increment Plan The comprehensive increment plan includes the scheduling and resource loading of every ...
Robert K. Wysocki, 2010
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Increment core specific gravity of Wisconsin hardwoods and ...
Data are presented on the breast height (4.5 ft) increment core specific gravities of 28 hardwood and two softwood species found in Wisconsin.
Robert R. Maeglin, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCREMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term increment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Emanuel's TIF plan a step in right direction - Chicago Tribune
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown July 6, 2015, recently announced plans to phase out seven downtown tax increment financing districts. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Local News: Redevelopment will …
Taking just half of the amount it legally could, the Greencastle Redevelopment Commission hopes to continue to spend TIF (tax increment ... «The Banner-Graphic, Jul 15»
3
Legal and Finance Committee approves dissolution of Tax …
Legal and Finance Committee approves dissolution of Tax Increment District #63. The District is West of Elk Vale Road and North of ... «Kotatv, Jul 15»
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FMN shareholders approve share capital increment to N2.5bn
Flour-Mills-Of-Nigeria-Plc-Dangote Shareholders of Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) plc have approved the increment of the company's authorised ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»
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Wheat Ridge voters will see tax-increment finance measure on ballot
If passed in November, the measure would require any tax-increment financing package over $2.5 million to be voted on by Wheat Ridge ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
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Wheat Ridge to vote on tax-increment financing
The city of Wheat Ridge will vote on the use of tax-increment financing this November after gathering signatures from residents to pursue such ... «Denver Business Journal, Jul 15»
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Mayor requests tax increment financing assistance for company …
Mayor requests tax increment financing assistance for company ... LFB's request for a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement with the city. «Community Advocate, Jul 15»
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Increment in overall growth through ongoing reforms
Growth of a particular country is dependent on many different features such as the agricultural development of the country, production of pulses ... «The Wiire, Jul 15»
9
TSC appeals to court over increment of salaries in Kenya
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is outraged after the Teacher Service Commission appealed a court decision awarding ... «Daily Times Nigeria, Jul 15»
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No increment for principals if school doesn't pass 50%
A brief summary of some news you might have missed out in the last few days. Applications for jobs, awards and other important stuff that ... «Citizen Matters, Bangalore, Jul 15»

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