the act of accumulating | the act of combining things to form a new whole |
several things grouped together or considered as a whole | the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order |
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation | a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities |
an increase by natural growth or addition | a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose |
| a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock |
| an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) |
| a coordinated sequence of chess moves |