accession

Noun

• the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
  • Elizabeth's accession in 1558
    

• the right to enter

• agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
  • accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent
    
  • assenting to the Congressional determination
    

• something added to what you already have
  • the librarian shelved the new accessions
    
  • he was a new addition to the staff
    

• (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

• a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
  • the art collection grew through accession
    

Verb

• make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rise to power , entree , access , admission , admittance , assenting , addition