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Word: accumulator
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Meaning:
Noun:
- British A wet-cell storage battery.
- betting A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
- computer science A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
- 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).
- 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.
- manufacturing A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- mechanics A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- One who, or that which, accumulates.
Source: Wiktionary
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