Business Glossary

1. cumulative retained profit.
2. investment of a fixed dollar amount regularly and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
3. process of compounding.
4. periodic addition of interests to the principal amount.

Corporate finance: profits that are not paid out as dividends but are instead added to the company's capital base. See also accumulated profits tax .
Investments: purchase of a large number of shares in a controlled way so as to avoid driving the price up. An institution's accumulation program, for instance, may take weeks or months to complete.
Mutual funds: investment of a fixed dollar amount regularly and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.