Cumulative definition

Cumulative means a pollutant which increases in concentration in an organism by successive additions at different times or in different ways (bio-accumulation).
Cumulative means that any shortfall of a Preferred Return in a given month shall carry forward until paid.
Cumulative means amounts for the period commencing January 1, 2013 and ending as of the applicable calculation date.

Examples of Cumulative in a sentence

  • Cumulative Impacts: There are no changes to cumulative impacts expected from the selection of the action alternative.

  • Bottom: Cumulative distribution of anomalous hardware error logs during the experiment.

  • Top: Cumulative distribution of network traffic measured in the time interval of the experiment.

  • Stuckenberg, Carl-Friedrich, ‘Cumulative Charges and Cumulative Convictions’ in The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court, ICC-02/04-01/15-1697-AnxA, p.

  • Cumulative averages will not be rounded up to achieve the 95 average.


More Definitions of Cumulative

Cumulative indirect taxes are multi-staged taxes levied where there is no mechanism for subsequent crediting of the tax if the goods or services subject to tax at one stage of production are used in a succeeding stage of production; "Remission" of taxes includes the refund or rebate of taxes; "Remission or drawback" includes the full or partial exemption or deferral of import charges.
Cumulative dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid on the issuer's common stock. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline. Preferred stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions allowing calls or redemptions prior to maturity, which can also have a negative impact on prices when interest rates decline. Preferred stock generally has a preference over common stock on the distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of liquidation of the corporation. The rights of preferred stock on distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of a liquidation are generally subordinate to the rights associated with a corporation's debt securities. Preferred stock may be "participating" stock, which means that it may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases.
Cumulative means the sum of all the results obtained for a parameter since the beginning of the relevant year;
Cumulative means to provide each year a value that includes the achievements of former years.
Cumulative means growing by successive additions. This could mean additions over time, additional pollutants, additional sources of pollution, or additional routes of impact. The term could also be used to describe an individual's integrated exposure to pollutants as he or she engages in daily activities and moves through successive micro- environments. This daily activity scenario incorporates all of the above accumulations as well as integration over the space defined by the individual's movements. In popular and even in technical usage, cumulative has been applied to each of these alone, to all of them together, and to various combinations. Often the meaning is clear from the context, but this is not always the case.1
Cumulative dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid on the issuers of common stock. Preferred stock may be "participating" stock, which means that it may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline. Preferred stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions allowing calls or redemptions prior to maturity, which can also have a negative impact on prices when interest rates decline. The rights of preferred stock on distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of its liquidation are generally subordinate to the rights associated with a corporation's debt securities. Preferred stock generally has a preference over common stock on the distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of liquidation of the corporation.
Cumulative means that if in a particular quarter, (a) the cumulative payments under this Agreement under clause (1) and (2) in previous quarters, plus the amount to be paid based on the foregoing 5% royalty, is less than (b) $250,000 multiplied by the total number of elapsed quarters, then the payment due in such quarter is such difference, up to $250,000.) The $500,000 payment made pursuant to clause (a) shall not be considered in making the calculation of "cumulative", but shall be treated as an advance against royalties for the payments for the quarters ended August 31, 2003, and November 30, 2003 payments under clause (b), such that only to the extent the 5% royalty set for in clause (b) above exceeds such amount would Media 100 be obligated to make payments under clause (b) above for such quarters. (Note: because of the $250,000 payment on execution, no further minimum royalty payment is due for the quarter ended February 29, 2000; payment with respect to such quarter shall only be made if the amount payable under the 5% royalty exceeds that amount.).