But investors may not fully appreciate how much dividends can help swell a portfolio.

A5 Foreign students help swell the rolls of American flight schools.

We also told them that failure to act would help swell the ranks of paramilitary organisations.

Two other factors helped swell the boom, both related to one key question: where were all these would-be golfers going to play?

The damage from the terrorist attacks helped swell the city's budget deficit, which is expected to climb to $4 billion next year.

As the militants saw it, providing services would help swell the movement's ranks with new adherents.

New offshore windfarms and even tidal power could help swell the coffers.

His followers helped swell the provincial noble's forces.

The newfound publicity helped swell the club's membership to 200 and there's room for more.

The addition of 400 condominiums and town houses several years ago helped swell the population to about 1,825, Mayor Hague said.