(il veut) de l'augmentation : (he wants) a raise (US), pay rise (UK)
In standard French, we would normally say une augmentation. However, in informal, spoken French, you may sometimes hear de l'augmentation.
- "Quand un chauffeur veut un congé ou de l’augmentation, il vient me trouver, je l’écoute et... je le vire !"
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