Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Increment has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
The action of increasing or becoming greater.
"The company's profits will increment by ten percent next quarter."
In plain English: An increment is a small amount added to something at regular intervals.
"The bank offers an annual increment to all employees with five years of service."
Usage: Use "increment" to refer specifically to the discrete amount added in each step rather than the total sum accumulated. It is often confused with "decrement," which denotes a decrease, though both terms can apply to either an increase or a decrease depending on context.
To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
"The software updates its file size incrementally to ensure stability during large uploads."
In plain English: To increment means to make something bigger by adding a small amount each time.
"Please increment your score by five points for each correct answer."
The word comes from the Latin incrēmentum, meaning "a growth," which is formed by combining in- with crēscō ("to grow"). It entered English via Middle English and essentially means the same as the modern phrase "increase."