Definition

Examples

• "I'd better increase your order to 200,000 then."
• "Turnover increases"
• "One solution may be increasing discounts and promotions this year."
• "For example, I am proposing a grant of $1m to the Marketing Department to fund a Europe-wide campaign aimed at increasing sales of our mid-range collections."
• "Those same scientists predict that this figure is likely to increase in coming years."
• "Worldwide, our fragrance sales increased 4.8% compared to the first half of last year."
• "Your company's plan allows you to increase or decrease your monthly pay-in at any time, as well as to re-allocate the investments of your plan."
• "Bruno's products were one of a kind, but without advertising campaigns, large-scale distribution, and increased production, Bruno had no chance for success."
• "Your market share has increased and more and more people are buying your perfumes."
• "Free-shipping and "buy one get one free" offers are expected to increase before Christmas."
• "Despite this, CEO Kalvin Krime announced yesterday that "the worst is now over" and predicted an increase in profits next year."
• "The proportion of 15 to 24-year-old men in the male population is projected to continue increasing for the next five years."
• "Sales figures dropped dramatically due to stiff competition from up-and-coming Delavigne Corp who increased its market share by 15%."
• "I estimate that you have decreased my daily efficiency by 59.75 percent and increased my chance of a brain trauma by 63.26 percent!"
• "With financial help from your company, I could hire more people, start marketing the product, and increase production."
• "It's not just senior citizens who dig the sound of analog audio recordings, recent increases in vinyl record sales suggest that younger listeners are discovering turntables and the clarity of sound that they offer."
• "That's why we've decided to slightly increase the budgets of each department and continue to invest."
• "Insufficient or poor-quality sleep increases the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as the probability of making risky decisions."
• "This leads me to my point: some of the staff have been discussing the possibility of a company-wide "nap time" in order to increase productivity during the work day."