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Etymology[]
accumulate + -or. From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“‘pile up’”).
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Noun[]
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Accumulator ({{{1}}})
- One who, or that which, accumulates.
- He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
- (British) A wet-cell storage battery.
- Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
- Template:Betting A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
- Template:Mechanics A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- Template:Manufacturing A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- Template:Engineering 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).
- Template:Computer science A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
- (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.
Synonyms[]
- (one who or that which accumulates): collector
- (serial bet): parlay
- (derivative contract): share forward accumulator
Related terms[]
- accumulate
- accumulation
- accumulative
Translations[]
one who or that which accumulates
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See also[]
- File:Wikipedia-logo.png accumulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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