accretive
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9.1
- adjective
- /əˈkrɛtɪv/
- Specialized
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acumulativo
- After the recent acquisition, the financial statements indicated that the new assets were accretive to overall profits.
In other words, it's earnings accretive right away and the debtors or the markets would like that and say, OK, it's accretive, we'll give you more debt.
- In other words, it's earnings accretive right away and the debtors or the markets would like that and say, OK, it's accretive, we'll give you more debt.
- Well, by then, hopefully rates are lower and that is accretive too EPS.
Examples
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The company reported that the new acquisition would be accretive to shareholder value over the next year.
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We've seen all three do accretive deals within the last two months.
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Well, by then, hopefully rates are lower and that is accretive too EPS.
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And why miss is probably margin accretive to Tesla.
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The issue is why this particular deal isn't even accretive?
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In other words, it's earnings accretive right away and the debtors or the markets would like that and say, OK, it's accretive, we'll give you more debt.
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This increases the likelihood that such expenditures will end up being dilutive, rather than accretive, to the shareholders.
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It's not unlikely that Dow, ConAgra, and others have their faces to the fishtank in search of new accretive additions.
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Electricity Market Reform package in the current bill is not really a reform, but instead is yet more tweaking, adding to the dozens of accretive policy measures that have been piled on over the past few years.
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Investors were pleased to see that the merger would lead to accretive earnings growth for both firms.
Synonyms
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4.8
Increasing slowly by small regular amounts over time
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Becoming larger because people add things over time
Relating to slow growth by adding material from outside, like layers of rock
How Accretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word accretive comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and crescere 'to grow', the same root as increase. So, something accretive grows by slow additions, like layers of sediment on a riverbank or small profits that add up to more value.