Synonym: add to, advance, enlarge, expand, extend, raise. Antonym: decrease, diminish. Similar words: increased, increasing, increasingly, decrease, on credit, concrete, incredible, incredibly. Meaning: [ɪn'krɪːs] 
n. 1. a quantity that is added 2. a change resulting in an increase 3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important 4. the amount by which something increases 5. the act of increasing something. v. 1. become bigger or greater in amount 2. make bigger or more.
n. 1. a quantity that is added 2. a change resulting in an increase 3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important 4. the amount by which something increases 5. the act of increasing something. v. 1. become bigger or greater in amount 2. make bigger or more. 
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91 Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums.
92 We need to increase the vehicle's ground clearance.
93 There are plans afoot to increase taxation.
94 This increase reversed an earlier price plunge.
95 A 26% water rate increase is more than most residents can stomach .
96 The final dividend will be held at 20.7p, after an 8 per cent increase.
97 The government has two options; to reduce spending or to increase taxes.
98 Unemployment is predicted to increase to 700,000 by the end of the year.
99 These measures will increase the club's ability to generate revenue/income.
100 The increase slowed to 0.4 percent, possibly indicating the start of a downtrend.
101 Of course there's provision in the plan for population increase.
102 The two parties of labour and capital have bargained a new wage increase.
103 I had a chat with my boss today about a possible salary increase.
104 If costs go up, there will be a pro rata increase in prices.
105 The increase in interest rates is good news for savers.
106 The cost of materials rose sharply last year. Accordingly, we were forced to increase our prices.
107 Not only do the nurses want a pay increase, they want reduced hours as well.
108 Nobody present could give the exact figures of increase in production offhand.
109 The industry aims both to increase exports and replace imports.
110 The technical cooperation and cultural exchanges between the two countries are daily on the increase.sentencedict .com
111 Lowering ticket prices should increase the number of bums on seats.
112 The advertisements were intended to increase the company's visibility in the marketplace .
113 We're getting a wage increase of 40 a year, before tax. Big deal!
114 Any increase in students meant a concomitant increase in funding.
115 The ecological disaster is partly a product of letting everything rip in order to increase production.
116 He appealed to firms not to increase their prices unduly.
117 The Bridgeport Common Council voted 9:8 for a five percent tax increase.
118 Many insurance companies are under pressure to increase premiums to stay solvent.
119 The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
120 Changes were made in operating methods in an effort to increase profitability.