a particular number of times:
• The value of the house has increased fourfold in the last ten years (= it is now worth four times as much as it was ten years ago ) .
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-fold suffix
► having the stated number of parts, or multiplied by the stated number: »
The problems are twofold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political.
»In the last 50 years, there has been a 33-fold increase in the amount of pesticide used in farming.
Financial and business terms. 2012.