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Proceeding by steps or degrees advancing step by step as in ascent or descent or from one state to another regularly progressive slow as a gradual increase of knowledge a gradual decline...
Graduality
The state of being gradual gradualness...
Gradually
In a gradual manner...
Gradualness
The quality or state of being gradual regular progression or gradation slowness...
amortize
amortize -tized -tiz·ing : to reduce (an amount) gradually: as a : to pay off (as a loan) gradually usually by periodic payments of principal and interest or payments to a sinking fund b : to gradually reduce the cost of (as an asset) esp. for tax purposes by making periodic charges to income over a time span [ the machinery over five years] see also depreciation compare capitalize, deduct amor·ti·za·ble adj amor·ti·za·tion [a-mər-tə-zā-shən, ə-mȯr-] n ...
accretion
accretion 1 : the process or a result of growth or enlargement: as a : the increase or extension of the boundaries of land or the consequent acquisition of land accruing to the owner by the gradual or imperceptible action of natural forces (as by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark) ;also : accession in which the boundaries of land are enlarged by this process compare avulsion, reliction b : increase in the amount or extent of any kind of property or in the value of any property [s to a trust fund resulting from the increase in value of…securities in which its corpus is invested "In re Estate of Gartenlaub, 244 P. 348 (1926)"] NOTE: Accretion in value of the principal of a trust is generally not considered income. c : enlargement of a bargaining unit by the addition of new employees 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : the passing to an heir or conjoint legatee of the right to accept a porti...
unified credit
unified credit : a tax credit applied against the unified transfer tax that is a cumulative credit gradually reduced by the amount of credit allowed for gifts made in preceding calendar periods NOTE: The total unified credit allowed as of 1987 is $192,800. The amount of the credit to be used in each period cannot exceed that period's tax liability, and so the credit may be gradually used up over a period of years. The unified credit is phased out once the amount of taxable gifts rises above a certain level. ...
Development
The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed as a plan or method or an image upon a photographic plate gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes also the result of developing or a developed state...
Paranoid schizophrenia
Paranoid schizophrenia, in the vast majority of cases, starts in the fourth decade and develops insidiously. Suspiciousness is the characteristic symptom of the early stage. Ideas of reference occur, which gradually develops into delusions of persecution. Auditory hallucinations follow, which in the beginning, start as sound or noises in the ears, but are afterwards changes into abuses or insults. Delusions are at first indefinite, but gradually they become fixed and definite, to lead the patient to believe that he is persecuted by some unknown person or some superhuman agency. He believes that his food is being poisoned. Some noxious gases are blown into his room, and people are plotting against him to ruin him. Disturbances of general sensation given rise to hallucinations, which are attributed to the effects of hypnotism, electricity wireless telegraphy or atomic agencies. The patient gets very irritate and excited owing to these painful and disagreeable hallucinations and delusions...
accumulate
accumulate -lat·ed -lat·ing vt : to gather esp. little by little ;specif : to add (income from a fund) back into the principal vi : to increase gradually in amount or number ...
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