Accretionnoun
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Amortizationnoun
The reduction of loan principal over a series of payments.
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.’;
Amortizationnoun
The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.
Accretionnoun
Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
Amortizationnoun
The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Accretionnoun
Concretion; coherence of separate particles
‘the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass’;
Amortizationnoun
The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
Accretionnoun
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
Amortizationnoun
the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
Accretionnoun
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
Amortizationnoun
payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
Accretionnoun
(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.
Amortization
Amortization (or amortisation; see spelling differences) is paying off an amount owed over time by making planned, incremental payments of principal and interest. To amortise a loan means .
‘to kill it off’;
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.
Accretionnoun
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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.’;
Accretionnoun
Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
Accretionnoun
A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
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.
Accretionnoun
an increase by natural growth or addition
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
Accretionnoun
(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)
