- Amount added - Pay rise was initially reported to be set in cement - Wage rise - The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk,
guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. - Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed
to decrement. - The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its
present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity,
generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased. - An amplification without strict climax,
- The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving;
flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. - A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. - The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. - The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused
by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from
the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this
distortion.