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incremento

increase

noun een-kreh-MEN-toh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'incrementum'

Also means

growth

Usage Note

Incremento is masculine, plural incrementi, and is the formal economics-and-statistics word for a rise (un incremento del PIL). Everyday speech often prefers aumento; reserve this for reports and data.

Examples

"C'è stato un incremento delle vendite."

Natural Translation

There was an increase in sales.

Literal Translation

There-is been an increase of-the sales.

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