accumulation
IPA: ʌkjumjʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- A mass of something piled up or collected.
- (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
- (UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
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Examples of "accumulation" in Sentences
- The mode of accumulation is still uncertain.
- Also note the accumulation of the white residue.
- David Harvey calls this accumulation by dispossession.
- Calcids is the accumulation of calcium carbonate in the soil.
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