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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