Meaning & use
accretive
Causing or resulting in gradual growth or increase, especially through a series of additions.
See it in a sentence
Analysts called the merger accretive because it was expected to raise earnings per share.
Coral reefs grow through an accretive process that spans centuries.
A note on using this word
Accretive is common in finance to describe a deal that increases per-share value, and in geology for gradual buildup.
Words with a similar meaning
cumulative
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Words with an opposite meaning
dilutive
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