Accretionnoun
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Accumulationnoun
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
Accretionnoun
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition
‘an accretion of earth’; ‘A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion.’;
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The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
‘an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors’;
Accretionnoun
Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
Accumulationnoun
A mass of something piled up or collected.
Accretionnoun
Concretion; coherence of separate particles
‘the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass’;
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(legal) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
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(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
Accumulationnoun
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
Accretionnoun
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
Accumulationnoun
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
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(legal) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Accumulationnoun
The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
Accretionnoun
(legal) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
Accumulationnoun
The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Accretionnoun
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Accumulationnoun
an increase by natural growth or addition
Accretionnoun
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
‘A mineral . . . augments not by growth, but by accretion.’; ‘To strip off all the subordinate parts of his narrative as a later accretion.’;
Accumulationnoun
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Accretionnoun
Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
Accumulationnoun
the act of accumulating
Accretionnoun
A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
Accumulationnoun
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
Accretionnoun
The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Accumulationnoun
the acquisition or gradual gathering of something
‘the accumulation of wealth’;
Accretionnoun
an increase by natural growth or addition
Accumulationnoun
a mass or quantity of something that has gradually gathered or been acquired
‘the accumulation of paperwork on her desk’;
Accretionnoun
something contributing to growth or increase;
‘he scraped away the accretions of paint’; ‘the central city surrounded by recent accretions’;
Accretionnoun
(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
Accretionnoun
(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
Accretionnoun
(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
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(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
