accumulator

• Nom ayant plusieurs sens : personne qui perçoit des paiements tels que loyers ou impôts ; batterie électrique qui emmagasine une charge ; ou en informatique, registre doté d'un additionneur intégré qui ajoute un nombre d'entrée à son contenu.

A noun with multiple meanings: a person employed to collect payments such as rent or taxes; a voltaic battery that stores electric charge; or in computing, a register with a built-in adder that adds an input number to its contents.

1. Payment CollectorC1formalbritish

   A person employed to gather payments, such as rent or taxes.

   Percepteur

   • The accumulator visited each house to collect the monthly rent.
   • In the 19th century, the accumulator was a common figure in urban areas.
   • The landlord hired an accumulator to handle the overdue payments.

2. Rechargeable BatteryB2formaltechnical

   A voltaic battery that stores electrical charge and can be recharged.

   Batterie rechargeable

   • The car's accumulator needs to be replaced after five years.
   • Solar panels charge an accumulator for use at night.
   • The old accumulator leaked acid and damaged the floor.

   Synonymessecondary cellstorage battery

3. Computer RegisterC1formalIT

   A register in a computer's CPU that has a built-in adder, used to accumulate sums of input numbers.

   accumulateur (registre d'ordinateur)

   • The accumulator register stores the result of arithmetic operations.
   • In assembly language, the accumulator is a key component for calculations.
   • The CPU's accumulator adds each input number to its current contents.

   Synonymesaccumulator registerregister