meaning of cumulative
1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e. , one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.
3. Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
4. Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.
5. increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these
">substances"
Related Words
cumulative | cumulative preferred | cumulative preferred stock | cumulative vote | cumulatively |
