incrementin‧cre‧ment /ˈɪŋkrəmənt/ noun [countable] 
a salary of £18,000, with annual increments of 2.5%2 formal the amount by which a number, value, or amount increases
WORD ORIGINincrement
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin incrementum, from increscere; ➔ INCREASE1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Annenberg donated $150 million to be paid in increments of $10 million for 15 years.
- Automatic pay increments based on length of service will be abolished.
- The contract includes a salary increment every six months.
- An increment is a small step from the existing position.
- Few countries can afford increments in their recurrent budget.
- He lost the ten years' increments.
- Here the increment in individual risk from a slight increase in contact rate is negligible, assuming the individual acts alone.
- It warns policymakers not to get tangled up with averages but to focus instead on increments.
- Proponents argue that each additional dollar of income received by a household will yield smaller and smaller increments of satisfaction.
- The President, however, makes it clear that there will be no increment in federal funds.
- Trainees are paid on Clinical Scientist grade A, which is currently £9,239 p.a. increasing by annual increments.
Longman Language Activatoran increase in an amount of money
: tax/fare/price etc increase · There could be fare increases of up to 10%.· A spokesman for the airline said that much of the cost increase was caused by tightening of security.increase in · a 12% increase in phone chargesa 50%/30% etc increase · a 50% increase in the city's health budget
an increase in an amount of money, that brings an advantage to someone: · The share price ended the year with a 60% gain.gain in: · The morning's gains in US stocks fell sharply.gain of: · The Nikkei average experienced a gain of 140.19 points on Friday.
especially British an increase in costs, prices, taxes, or rent: rent/price/tax etc rise: · Tenants face a 60% rent rise.· The prime minister is considering substantial tax rises.rise in: · The pension will increase in line with the rise in prices.
British /raise American an increase in the amount of money you are paid for your work: · He received loud applause when he told the crowd that low wage-earners deserve a raise.· IT specialists rang up an average pay rise of 312% last year.give somebody a rise: · The State Government simply can't afford to give all teachers a raise.
a sudden increase in something such as prices, wages, or taxes: · Big gasoline hikes are expected in April.tax/price/wage etc hike: · Pilots will get an 11% pay hike over four years.· Opponents argued the sales-tax hike was unfair.hike in: · Trade Unions are proposing a hike in the minimum wage.
formal an amount that is added regularly to someone's pay every year, every six months etc: · The contract includes a salary increment every six months.· Automatic pay increments based on length of service will be abolished.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a salary of £18,000, with annual increments of 2.5%COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1a regular increase in the amount of money someone is paid: a salary of £18,000, with annual increments of 2.5%· The lowest is Grade 7 and would include Assistant Keepers starting on £24,379 rising by annual increments to £29,073.· Trainees are paid on Clinical Scientist grade A, which is currently £9,239 p.a. increasing by annual increments.· The total annual increment can take anything from 1 to 5 months for completion.· The value of this annual increment of rich topsoil can hardly be exaggerated.
· With the patient on his left side anaesthesia was induced with halothane in oxygen and small increments of propofol intravenously.· Proponents argue that each additional dollar of income received by a household will yield smaller and smaller increments of satisfaction.· Material is presented in the smallest possible increments.· Thus my courtship of Sophie began-slowly, decorously, building by the smallest of increments.· Hence we should expect the Andrade equation to hold for small temperature increments only.· If this is the case, slacken the rod by small increments until the buzz goes.
a salary of £18,000, with annual increments of 2.5%2 formal the amount by which a number, value, or amount increases