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The word spreadsheets use to avoid saying someone finally did their job.
means To make or become greater in size, amount, or degree.
from From Old French encreiss-, stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere — 'to grow in' or 'grow upon' — built from in- ('into, upon') plus crescere ('to grow'), the same root that gives us crescent and crescendo. So every 'increase' is etymologically just more growing, dressed up in a report.
- etymology
- from latin crescere, to grow, like crescent moons
- corporate favorite
- sounds like progress even when it is inflation
- math truth
- technically includes doubling, tripling, infinity
- antonym betrayal
- decrease shares the root, just adds shame