accretive

[ uh-kree-tiv ]

adjective

1. increasing by natural growth or gradual addition:

   Not only in manufacturing, but also in other sectors, there is an accretive demand for plastics.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Other Words From

• non·ac·cre·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accretive¹

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

Example Sentences

In the engineering space where we compete for talent with some of the big tech firms, being able to provide a much more flexible working environment through the pandemic is accretive to the overall quality of the job.

From Fortune

Investors, betting on Ping’s move to SaaS being accretive both now and in the long-term, were not stoked by its Q4 forecast.

From TechCrunch

The process is not accretive, but exfoliatory—a continual movement from within outwards.

From Project Gutenberg

If we willed it, we could not prevent 'an institutional race' from absorbing one which has no accretive principle of growth.

From Project Gutenberg

Architectural peculiarities and appointments are ever accretive properties with the novelist of imagination and latitude.

From Project Gutenberg