Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
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- Accumulation Trust
- A trust in which the income is retained and not paid out to beneficiaries until certain conditions are met. For example, if Uncle Pierre creates a trust for Nick's benefit but directs that Nick not get a penny until he gets a Ph.D in French; Nick is the beneficiary of an accumulation trust.
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