Read the dictionary definition of threefold. All definitions for this word.
1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
1. a double (or dual) role for an actor
2. the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
3. every episode has its double and treble meaning
2. three times as great or many
1. a claim for treble (or triple) damages
2. a threefold increase
3. by a factor of three
1. our rent increased threefold in the past five years