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Business Definition for: accretion
Dictionary of Accounting Terms
accretion

  1. growth in assets through mergers, acquisitions, and internal expansion. Examples are timber, livestock, nursery stock, and aging of wine.
  2. adjustment of the difference between the face value of a bond and the price of the bond bought at an original discount.

Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms
accretion

  1. asset growth through internal expansion, acquisition, or such causes as aging of whisky or growth of timber.
  2. adjustment of the difference between the price of a bond bought at an original discount and the par value of the bond.

Dictionary of Business Terms
accretion

  1. asset growth through internal expansion, acquisition, or such causes as aging of whisky or growth of timber.
  2. adjustment of the difference between the price of a bond bought at an original discount and the par value of the bond.

Dictionary of Real Estate Terms
accretion

the addition to land through processes of nature, such as deposits of soil carried by streams.

Example: Figure 4.

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See also alluvium (or alluvion)
Related Terms:
alluvium (or alluvion)

soil deposited by accretion. Usually considered to belong to the owner of the land to which it is added.

Example: Figure 12.

Referring Terms:
avulsion
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