(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-seadredging.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(computer science) A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or datatransfer.
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
“The largest payout for a bet on a horse race was paid to Britons Anthony Speelman and Nicholas Cowan on their $64 nine-horse accumulator at Santa Anita Racecourse, California, in 1987.”
“He was an accumulator of the impressions of others, an intellectual packrat, like any artist worth his salt.”
“This product was fairly popular among investors in Hong Kong in 2007 considering the market conditions at that time. It is an accumulator of the underlying stock with a contract period of 12 months.”
accumulation
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.