accumulation

/ə,kju:mju'leiʃ/

Thân thiện

The company's growth was fueled by the steady accumulation of retained earnings.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • (General) The process of gradually collecting or gathering something over time: The act or result of amassing or increasing a quantity of something.
   • (Finance) Profits that are not distributed as dividends but are retained and added to the company's capital: The reinvestment of earnings to increase the financial base.
   • A mass or collection of things that has been gathered: A group of items amassed together.
   • A gradual increase in amount or number through growth or addition: The result of a natural or continuous process of adding to something.

Examples of Usage

• General Process:
  • The accumulation of dust on the shelves required regular cleaning.
  • Her wealth was the result of a lifetime of careful accumulation.
• Finance:
  • The company focused on capital accumulation to fund future expansion.
• Collection/Mass:
  • An impressive accumulation of data supported the researcher's theory.
  • The attic held a strange accumulation of old furniture and boxes.
• Gradual Increase:
  • The steady accumulation of snow led to dangerous road conditions.

Advanced Usage

• "Capital accumulation": A key economic concept referring to the gathering of assets or value, often for investment and production.
  • Industrial growth in the 19th century was driven by rapid capital accumulation.
• "Accumulation of evidence": The process of gathering proof or facts over time.
  • The case was built on the slow but steady accumulation of evidence.

Variants and Related Words

• Accumulate (verb): To gather or collect over time.
  • He managed to accumulate a large library of rare books.
• Accumulative (adjective): Tending to or resulting from accumulation.
  • The drug's accumulative effect can be dangerous.
• Accumulator (noun): A person or thing that accumulates; also a type of rechargeable battery.
  • He was a relentless accumulator of antique coins.

Synonyms

• Accrual: The increase or growth of something, typically financial, over time.
• Amassment: The act of collecting a large quantity of something.
• Aggregation: A collection of items gathered into a mass or whole.
• Build-up: A gradual accumulation or increase, often leading to a significant level.

Related Phrases

• "Snowball effect": A process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger and potentially dangerous, similar to rapid accumulation.
  • The debt crisis grew through a snowball effect of accumulating interest.
• "Compound interest": In finance, interest calculated on the initial principal and also on the accumulated interest of previous periods, a key mechanism for wealth accumulation.
  • The power of compound interest is a fundamental principle for long-term savings.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• accrual
• accruement
• collection
• aggregation
• assemblage
• accretion