six-fold increase
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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 ofincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This would represent in total asix-foldincreasein their urban aid and be a continuing commitment over several years.
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Why should that not be done with housing, thus avoiding thesix-foldincreasein costs?
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Thus, there has been a three-fold increase since 1946, and asix-foldincreasesince 1939.
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We understand that asix-foldincreasein gas sales is being sought.
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The price today is very nearly £60 per ton, asix-foldincrease.
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That represents nearly asix-foldincreaseon last year.
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By 1984, the estimated figure was asix-foldincrease, to 42,000.
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Today there are some 20 communist states with a population of over 1½ billion people—asix-foldincreasein a period of 40 years.
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In other words, in an emergency, for a short period, they would be able to get thissix-foldincrease.
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There has been something like asix-foldincreasein the rates bills of some businesses, leading to insolvencies.
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That was asix-foldincrease.
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It is asix-foldincrease.
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In the six years from 1982 to 1987 inclusive, the central public health laboratory registered a six-foldincreasein the number of identified cases of salmonella enteritidis.
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As of 2009, clinics were reporting fewer deaths among both women and babies and asix-foldincreasein antenatal visits.
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