addition vs top-up

addition

noun
  • The arithmetic operation of adding. 

  • The act of adding anything. 

  • A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. 

  • Anything that is added. 

  • A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely. 

  • Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour. 

top-up

noun
  • An addition. 

  • The situation where a student who holds a qualification equivalent to part of a degree course is then accepted onto a degree course at an intermediate point, without having to start it from the beginning. 

  • Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone. 

  • An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values. 

  • A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass. 

  • A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia 

adj
  • That serves as an addition 

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