growth
[grohth]

–noun
1. the act or process, or a manner of growing;  development; gradual increase.

2. size or stage of development: It hasn’t yet reached its full growth.

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.