growth
[grohth]
–noun
1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
3.completed development.
4.development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms.
5.development from another but related form or stage: the growth of the nation state.
6.something that has grown or developed by or as if by a natural process: a growth of stubborn weeds.
7.Pathology . an abnormal increase in a mass of tissue, as a tumor.
8.origin; source; production: onions of English growth.
–adjective
9.of or denoting a business, industry, or equity security that grows or is expected to grow in value over a long period of time: a growth industry; a growth stock.