accumulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce accumulation in British English:
UK [əˌkju:mjə'leɪʃn]
How to pronounce accumulation in American English:
US [əˌkjumjəˈleʃən]
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- Noun:
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- the act of accumulating
- (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
Word Origin
- accumulation (n.)
- late 15c., from Latin accumulationem (nominative accumulatio) "a heaping up," noun of action from past participle stem of accumulare "to heap up, amass," from ad- "in addition" (see ad-) + cumulare "heap up," from cumulus "heap" (see cumulus).
Example
- 1. The steep accumulation may not be obvious to investors .
- 2. Painstaking accumulation of technological skill eventually enabled innovative multinational firms to emerge .
- 3. This accumulation must be viewed as a huge export subsidy .
- 4. Was there a deep strategy behind this vast accumulation of low-yielding assets ?
- 5. The coronary artery providing heart with blood may cause heart-disease because of the accumulation of fat .