accretive

[ uh-kree-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

increasing by natural growth or gradual addition:
Not only in manufacturing, but also in other sectors, there is an accretive demand for plastics.
growing together from separate or disparate parts into a single whole:
By making room for reports of single experiments and minor technical advances, journals have made the chaos of science accretive.
contributing to the growth or increase of something, especially profit:
Increased penetration of overseas markets will be accretive to the company’s earnings.
Effective presentation of data is greatly accretive to helping understand trends and insights.

First recorded in 1655–65; from Late Latin accretivus, equivalent to Latin accrēt(us) “grown” + -īvus -ive ( def ), accretion ( def )

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