Vocabulary
Accumulation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a mass or quantity of something that has gradually gathered or been acquired.
Urdu meaning
ڈھیر، روپیہ کی زیادتی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Maybe it would be a good idea for data on the accumulation of circular debt to be released officially, as per pre-defined protocols, on a fortnightly basis.
- This widening divergence between ordinary, disconnected Pakistanis and the wealth accumulation of the connected elite coincides with the use of public policy as a tool for extraction and redistribution from the bottom to the top.
- Marx would call many of these processes primitive accumulation.
- Of many hypotheses, the one I find persuasive is that we have allowed ourselves to fall into the grip of an economic system whose sole purpose is growth and the accumulation of wealth.
- They facilitate illegal wealth accumulation, disrupt economic stability and weaken institutional integrity.
Synonyms
amassing, building up, build-up, collection, gathering, assembling, assembly,
Curator example
“the accumulation of paperwork on her desk”
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