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cumulative
cu·mu·la·tive C0804100 (kyo͞om′yə-lā′tĭv, -yə-lə-tĭv)adj.1. Increasing or enlarging by successive addition.2. Acquired by or resulting from accumulation.3. Of or relating to interest or a dividend that is added to the next payment if not paid when due.4. Law a. Supporting the same point as earlier evidence: cumulative evidence.b. Imposed with greater severity upon a repeat offender: cumulative punishment.c. Following successively; consecutive: cumulative sentences.5. Statistics a. Of or relating to the total observed frequency of data, or the probability of a random variable, that is less than or equal to a specified value.b. Of or relating to experimental error that increases in magnitude with each successive measurement.
cu′mu·la′tive·ly adv.cu′mu·la′tive·ness n.cumulative (ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv) adj1. growing in quantity, strength, or effect by successive additions or gradual steps: cumulative pollution. 2. gained by or resulting from a gradual building up: cumulative benefits. 3. (Banking & Finance) finance a. (of preference shares) entitling the holder to receive any arrears of dividend before any dividend is distributed to ordinary shareholdersb. (of dividends or interest) intended to be accumulated if not paid when due4. (Statistics) statistics a. (of a frequency) including all values of a variable either below or above a specified valueb. (of error) tending to increase as the sample size is increased ˈcumulatively adv ˈcumulativeness ncu•mu•la•tive (ˈkyu myə lə tɪv, -ˌleɪ tɪv)
adj. 1. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions. 2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive elements. 3. of or pertaining to interest or dividends that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment in the future. [1595–1605] cu′mu•la•tive•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  cumulative - increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"accumulativeadditive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process" |
cumulativeadjective collective, increasing, aggregate, amassed, accruing, snowballing, accumulative Skin cancer can be caused by the cumulative effect of years of exposure to the sun.cumulativeadjectiveIncreasing, as in force, by successive additions:accumulative, additive.Translationscumulative (ˈkjuːmjulətiv) adjective becoming greater by stages or additions. This drug has a cumulative effect. 漸增的，累計的 渐增的，累计的 cumulative
cu·mu·la·tive (kyū'myū-lă-tiv), Tending to accumulate or pile up, as with certain drugs that may have a cumulative effect.cu·mu·la·tive (kyūm'yŭ-lă-tiv) Tending to accumulate or pile up, as with certain drugs that may have a cumulative effect. Cumulative
Related to Cumulative: Cumulative distribution function, Cumulative frequencyCUMULATIVE. Forming a heap; additional; as, cumulative evidence, or that which goes to prove the same point which has been established by other evidence. Cumulative legacy, or accumulative legacy, is a second bequest, given by the same testator to the same legatee. 2 Rop. Log. 19,. See 1 Saund. 134, n. 4; Remedy. cumulative
CumulativeA preferred stock where the publicly-traded company must pay all dividends. If a company misses a dividend payment for any reason, it still owes it to cumulative preferred stockholders. That is, all dividends that were "skipped" must be paid to cumulative preferred stockholders before any dividends are paid to common stock holders. This contrasts with non-cumulative preferred stock, where stockholders must forgo dividend payments that are missed. Most preferred stock is cumulative.cumulative Of or relating to preferred stock and income bonds on which dividends must be paid in full before any payment of dividends is made to common stockholders. Thus, any dividends that are passed eventually must be brought up to date before common stockholders may receive payments. Nearly all issues of preferred stock are cumulative. Compare noncumulative. See also dividends in arrears.AcronymsSeecuriumcumulative
Related to cumulative: Cumulative distribution function, Cumulative frequencySynonyms for cumulativeadj collectiveSynonyms- collective
- increasing
- aggregate
- amassed
- accruing
- snowballing
- accumulative
Synonyms for cumulativeadj increasing, as in force, by successive additionsSynonymsSynonyms for cumulativeadj increasing by successive additionSynonymsRelated Words |