Look up: Cumulative

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   cumulative
   [Adjective] Something that keeps increasing.
   Example: She only spent a little in each credit card, but her debts cumulated quickly.
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   Cumulative
   When referring to loan stock or shares, cumulative means that, if the payment due for one period is missed, those securities must be given priority when the next payment is made, and arrears of the missed amounts must be paid before any dividend can be paid on the other shares in the trust structure.
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   Cumulative
   is the act of accumulation that acquires or increases by successive additions, or by “heaping on� - as opposed to organic growth. Persistent chemicals often accumulate in parts of the food chain.
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   cumulative
   usually used in connection with preference shares,where the share carries the right to receive arrears of dividend before any other dividends are paid on lower ranking stocks Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • the volume of water corresponding to the flow which passes a given cross-section of a watercourse during a given period of time Category: Electrical engineerin...
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   Cumulative
   Cu'mu·la·tive adjective [ Confer French cumulatif .] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. 'As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative , not original.' Bacon 2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e. , one whose force increases as the statement p ...
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   cumulative
   Increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Cumulative
   • (a.) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence. • (a.) Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. • (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. • (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argum...
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   cumulative
   increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions.
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