Accretion
nounid
12725·updated May 18, 2026verified
(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
polysemous
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- accumulation
- plural
- Accretions
- possessive
- Accretion's
- pluralpossessive
- Accretions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
- §2
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- §3
- (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
- §4
- (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- §5
- (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- §6
- something contributing to growth or increase
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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