annual increase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofannualandincrease
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annual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæn.ju.əl/us/ˈæn.ju.əl/
happening once ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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(Definition ofannualandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Respondents estimated that theannualincreasein radiotherapy patient numbers was approximately 5%.
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Although theannualincreasein utilization rates is considerable, it reveals some important trends.
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In contrast to the twofoldannualincreasein bacteraemia, there was no increase in pneumococcal meningitis during the study period.
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The method has nevertheless had the advantage of showing that there was a gradual,annualincreaseof the spotted borer in the island.
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This causes a 3.5 per cent permanentannualincreaseof welfare from the eighth year after the reform.
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To sustain a 2-5-3 %annualincreasein population a 3-4 % increase in agricultural production is needed.
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Tithes were an ecclesiastical tax equivalent to one-tenth of theannualincreaseof the production of the soil.
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This wave of immigrants contributed to anannualincreaseof 3 per cent in the labour force.
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Since the 1996 healthcare reform, the national objective for reimbursed healthcare expenditures is voted by the parliament, and theannualincreaseof hospital funding is controlled at the regional level.
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These data are presented alongside others from the 1992 national census, and projections for 1998 based on an estimated 3.1 per centannualincreasesince 1981.
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Spending then grew between 1988-96, rising by 16%, an annual volume rate of 2% that was equivalent to theannualincreasein health service employment in the same period.
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Departmental statisticians tried to control for "natural" revenue growth in the post offices by calculating the averageannualincreasein earnings for the two years preceding the experiments.
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If that can be done, it will be just under the expectedannualincrease.
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For the previous quinquennial grant the averageannualincreasein students was 4,000 but the average increase in the grant was £4·5 million.
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The totalannualincreaseper lorry over the six active months of seed and ware potato delivery is about £130.
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That plainly undermines the stated objective of theannualincreasein fuel duty, which is to discourage people from using their own cars.
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This represents anannualincreaseof £470 million per year at 1990–91 prices since 1979, compared with £310 million per year between 1974 and 1979.
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What will it mean in practice in terms of achieving a solution to the problem of teachers who naturally want anannualincreasein salary?
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