Actually, it is possible to prove the following statement. Set
$$\mathbb{N}(L, X):=\{a > 0 \ | \ h^0(X, aX) \geq 1 \}$$$$\mathbb{N}(L, X):=\{a > 0 \ | \ h^0(X, aL) \geq 1 \}$$
and let $d$ be the largest common divisor of the elements of $\mathbb{N}(L, X)$.
Then there exist two positive integers $\alpha$, $\beta$ such that for $m$ large enough one has
$$\alpha m^{k(L)}\leq h^0(X, mdL) \leq \beta m^{k(L)}.$$
For a proof, see [Ueno, Classification theory of algebraic varieties and compact complex manifolds, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 439, Theorem 8.1 p. 86].