1. n. the act of accumulating (view details)
2. n. several things grouped together or considered as a whole (view details)
3. n. (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation (view details)
4. n. an increase by natural growth or addition (view details)

Meaning 1: (noun) the act of accumulating
Synonym(s): accrual ( what does accrual stand for? ), accruement ( what does accruement stand for? )
accumulation is a kind of: increase ( what does increase stand for? ), step-up ( what does step-up stand for? )
accumulation is derived from: accrue ( what does accrue stand for? ), accumulate ( what does accumulate stand for? ), amass ( what does amass stand for? ), collect ( what does collect stand for? ), compile ( what does compile stand for? ), conglomerate ( what does conglomerate stand for? ), cumulate ( what does cumulate stand for? ), fall ( what does fall stand for? ), gather ( what does gather stand for? ), hoard ( what does hoard stand for? ), pile up ( what does pile up stand for? ), roll up ( what does roll up stand for? )

Meaning 2: (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Synonym(s): aggregation ( what does aggregation stand for? ), assemblage ( what does assemblage stand for? ), collection ( what does collection stand for? )
accumulation is derived from: accumulate, amass, assemble ( what does assemble stand for? ), collect, compile, hoard, piece ( what does piece stand for? ), pile up, put together ( what does put together stand for? ), roll up, set up ( what does set up stand for? ), tack ( what does tack stand for? ), tack together ( what does tack together stand for? )

Meaning 3: (noun) (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

Meaning 4: (noun) an increase by natural growth or addition
Synonym(s): accretion ( what does accretion stand for? )
accumulation is derived from: accrete ( what does accrete stand for? )

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