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accrued market discount
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acculturation
ac·cul·tur·a·tion [ ə kùlchə ráysh'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. cultural change: a change in the cultural behavior and thinking of a person or group of people through contact with another culture
2. absorption of culture: the process by which somebody absorbs the culture of a society from birth onward
[Late 19th century. <ac- + culture + -ation]

ac·cul·tur·a·tion·al adjective
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