ACCRUEMENT Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word accruement. (close relations)
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| accumulation | verb, nounv, n | |||||
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 | ||||||
| accretion | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an increase by natural growth or addition • something contributing to growth or increase • (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases • (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles • (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment • (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) | ||||||
| addition | nounn | |||||
noun • a component that is added to something to improve it • the act of adding one thing to another • a quantity that is added • something added to what you already have • a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area • the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers | ||||||
| buildup | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of building up an accumulation • the result of the process of accumulation • highly favorable publicity and praise | ||||||
| growth | nounn | |||||
noun • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level • a progression from simpler to more complex forms • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important • vegetation that has grown • the gradual beginning or coming forth • (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) • something grown or growing | ||||||
| increase | verbv | |||||
noun • a quantity that is added • a change resulting in an increase • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important • the amount by which something increases • the act of increasing something verb • become bigger or greater in amount • make bigger or more | ||||||
| increment | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important • the amount by which something increases | ||||||
| accrual | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of accumulating | ||||||
