Finance Investment Vocabulary

noun the act of constructing or arranging in a series of steps or stages

verb to construct or arrange in a series of steps or stages

• The housing association offers staircasing as an option for shared ownership tenants to gradually increase their ownership percentage.
• If you're looking to buy more of your shared ownership home, staircasing might be a good option for you.
• I heard Sarah is staircasing her way up to full ownership of her flat.
• In order to reach success, you may need to take a staircasing approach, gradually climbing higher and higher towards your goals.

noun a person who acquires or gains possession of something, especially through their efforts or actions

• The acquisitor carefully reviewed the company's financial statements before making an offer.
• The acquisitor is looking to buy up some new businesses in the tech industry.
• That acquisitor is always on the hunt for the next big deal.
• As an acquisitor of knowledge, she devoured books on a wide range of topics.

verb to combine or join something with something else in order to increase its size, number, or amount

pronoun refers to the act of adding something to a specific thing previously mentioned

preposition used to indicate that something is being included or combined with something else

• In addition to this, we need to consider the impact of the new regulations.
• We should also add to this the fact that we have a limited budget.
• Oh, and on top of that, we have to deal with the crazy weather.
• Adding to this already complicated situation, we now have to navigate through a global pandemic.