accumulator

Stores successive additions

An accumulator is something that gathers and stores.

In computing, it's a register that holds intermediate results during calculations.

In betting, especially British, an accumulator is a wager where winnings from each selection roll forward to the next—if all picks win, the payout multiplies; if any loses, everything is lost: I had a five-horse accumulator going until the last race.

In machinery, an accumulator stores hydraulic fluid or electrical charge for later release.

betting

parlay

Convert gain into greater gain

  • wagerStake on uncertainty
  • stakeSharpened post or share
  • oddsLikelihood expressed numerically

payout · bookmaker · multiplier · selections · winnings · gamble · coupon · rollover · sportsbook · punter

battery

rechargeable

Able to regain power

capacitor · power · electricity · current · lithium · nickel-cadmium · lead-acid · electrode · electrolyte · amp-hour

collector

gatherer

One who collects things

compiler · aggregator · acquirer · curator · archivist · packrat

buffer

cache

Concealed storage spot

aggregator · batch · pipeline · temporary · intermediate · collector · iterator · reduce · fold · concatenation

savings

interest

Attention, stake, or fee

retirement · capital · wealth · reserve · pension · annuity · endowment · compound · principal · growth

register

CPU

Main computing chip

ALU · instruction · operand · binary · assembly · machine-code · adder · counter · bit · byte

Categories
Opposites
gathering vs. dispersing

accumulatordistributor

Entity channeling goods downstream

disperser · scatterer · disseminator · dispenser · dissipator

storage vs. release (battery/energy context)

accumulatordischarger

Device that releases stored energy

drain · load · consumer

building up vs. depleting (quantity over time)

accumulatorreducer

Something that lessens

dissipator · spender · waster · consumer · exhauster

Phrases
Family

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