increase
[ɪnkris]

verb

[Definition]: become more abundant

[Example Sentences]:
1. The increase was also larger than the initial estimate for a more modest rise to 54.1.
2. Google and Facebook also pledged to increase their UK presence in 2017.
3. A final decision from the PUC on the proposed increase is expected in late 2016.
4. That would be the first increase of 2016.
5. Most investors have already discounted a rate increase when the Fed meets June 14-15.
6. There is no significant increase in node count planned beyond 2017.
7. It is the largest increase tracked since 2013.
8. That is a large increase over last year, when the average population was 34,376.
9. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has delayed a second increase to 2017.
10. The increase was less than analysts expected, with the average total claims estimate at 340,000.
11. The number represents a 400 percent increase over the first quarter of 2017.
12. The review follows plans announced in the Budget to increase the bank levy from 0.156% to 0.21%.
13. It is expected to increase to US$962.3 million in 2017.


[Antonyms]decrease

[Synonyms]accession, growth, extension