accumulator

noun10

1. •
   One who, or that which, accumulates.

   • He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
2. •
   A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
3. •
   (UK) A wet-cell storage battery.

   • Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
4. •
   A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.

   • The contents of the memory location and accumulator are NOT altered, but the Negative, Zero and Carry flags are conditioned according to the result of the subtraction. — 1986
5. •
   A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
6. •
   A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
7. •
   A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.

   • This product was fairly popular among investors in Hong Kong in 2007 considering the market conditions at that time. It is an accumulator of the underlying stock with a contract period of 12 months. — 2014
8. •
   A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
9. •
   A one way membership function.
10. •
    (UK, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.

    • The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore. — 1691