increment
noun
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Increment is used in many technical fields, but also nontechnically. Incremental increases in drug dosages are used for experimental purposes. Incremental tax increases are easier to swallow than sudden large increases. Incremental changes of any kind may be hard to notice, but can be very significant in the long run. Rome wasn't built in a day, but was instead built up by increments from a couple of villages in the 10th century B.C. to the capital of the Mediterranean world in the 1st century A.D.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2024
Typically, the Fed lowers rates in 0.25 percentage-point increments (or what Wall Street calls 25 basis points, which are equal to 1/100th of a percentage point), but the Fed has occasionally made cuts that were double or even quadruple that size.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2024
These charges penalize users who exceed a threshold of energy usage in any 15-minute increments by placing them in a costlier category for the next 12 months.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
His first three witnesses were his sister, his sister-in-law and a forensic accountant who told the jury that Menendez withdrew cash from a credit union account in increments of around $400 on more than 300 occasions during a 14-year stretch.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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“Increment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/increment. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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