a regular increase in the amount of money that somebody is paid for their job 定期的加薪 a salary of £25 K with annual increments 薪酬 25 000 英镑，并逐年增加
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an increase in a number or an amount 增量；增加 The substance was heated in small temperature increments. 这种物质以小的温度增量加热。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin incrementum, from the stem of increscere ‘grow’, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’.