accessory, draw on, the fruits of capitalism, out of the center of one's bein

Even Forbes Is Pinching Pennies
By DAVID CARR
The recession is testing Forbes magazine and the family behind it, long symbols of the fruits of capitalism.


"Farrell would never have walked 36 holes a day in America, but here in Scotland golf was not an accessory to life, drawing upon one's marginal energy; it was life, played out of the center of one's being."
--from "Farrell's Caddy" by John Updike


Dan Neil, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Los Angeles Times, led a lawsuit with other Tribune employees against Mr. Zell and Tribune this fall. The suit contended “through both the structure of his takeover and his subsequent conduct, Zell and his accessories have diminished the value of the employee-owned company to benefit himself and his fellow board members.”

(draw on) Use (one’s experience, talents, or skills) as a resource:Sue has a lot of past experience to draw on

draw on

(Of a period of time) pass by and approach its end:he remembered sitting in silence with his grandmother as evening drew on

accessory (CRIMINAL) noun [C]
someone who helps another person to commit a crime but does not take part in it:
an accessory to murder

accessory 

Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs(ə)ri/ 

NOUN (plural accessories)

1A thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive:optional accessories include a battery charger and shoulder strap

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1.1A small article or item of clothing carried or worn to complement a garment or outfit:she wore the suit with perfectly matching accessories—hat, bag, shoes

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2(also accessary)Law Someone who gives assistance to the perpetrator of a crime without taking part in it:she was charged as an accessory to murder

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ADJECTIVE

chiefly technical

Contributing to or aiding an activity or process in a minor way; subsidiary or supplementary:functionally the maxillae are a pair of accessory jaws

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accessory before (or after) the fact

Law , dated A person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence (or knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence).

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accessorial

Pronunciation: /aksɛˈsɔːrɪəl/  

ADJECTIVE (chiefly Law )

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Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin accessorius 'additional thing', from Latin access-'increased', from the verb accedere (see accede).

ac・ces・so・ry

  

━━ a. 付属の; 補助の; 共［従］犯の.
━━ n. （普通pl.） 付属物, アクセサリー; 【法】共犯.
 ac・ces・so・rize　━━ vt. （付属品・アクセサリー）をつける.
 accessory after [before] the fact　事後［事前］共犯.
 accessory card　【コンピュータ】アクセサリカード ((システム拡張のために付加するカード状の回路基板)).
 accessory software　【コンピュータ】アクセサリソフト.

fruit
n., pl. fruit or fruits.

1. 1. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.
   2. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.
   3. A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.
2. The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.
3. A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.
4. Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.
5. Offspring; progeny.
6. A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.
7. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

intr. & tr.v., fruit·ed, fruit·ing, fruits.
To produce or cause to produce fruit.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frūctus, enjoyment, fruit, from past participle of fruī, to enjoy.]