different between depository vs accumulation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin d?posit?rium, from Latin d?positum, past participle of d?p?n?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t??i/

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

2. A trustee; a depositary.

Antonyms

• nondepository

Translations

English

Etymology

• First attested in the late 15th century.
• accumulate +? -ion, or borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationis. Doublet of accumulatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?kju?m.j?.?le?.??n/
• Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?la?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)

1. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
2. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.

3. A mass of something piled up or collected.
4. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
5. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
6. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
7. (Britain, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.

Synonyms

• (accounting): retained earnings

Antonyms

• decumulation

Related terms

• accumulate
• accumulator

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.my.la.sj??/

Noun

accumulation f (plural accumulations)

1. accumulation (action of accumulating)
2. accumulation (result of accumulating)

Related terms

• accumuler

Further reading

• “accumulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).