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accrue::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fall |
| Type of | change owners, change hands |
| Verb group | fall, light, pass, return, devolve |
| Derivation | accrual |
The house accrued to the oldest son.
Examples of accrue
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The vast majority of private sector workers can't accrue sick and vacation time.
From the timesunion.com
Interest may accrue and leave you with a much bigger bill than you started with.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It also highlights the rewards that accrue when these strategies are successful.
From the investors.com
You accrue unexpected expenses today, and your career welfare may be threatened.
From the charlotteobserver.com
What's more, if they accrue at all, they will do so at some point in the future.
From the economist.com
Monetary policy has caused most of the gains in income to accrue to the wealthy.
From the economist.com
As you accrue dollars, you can dispense them to whatever organizations you want.
From the stltoday.com
Measure H would remove the cap on the trust fund so it could accrue more money.
From the dailynews.com
Invest the funds and accrue the principal for repayment at the end of the term.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
- Come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
- (accrued) periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave"
- (accrual) accumulation: the act of accumulating
- Accrual (accumulation) of something is, in finance, the adding together of interest or different investments over a period of time. ...
- Something that accrues; advantage accruing; To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent; To be incurred as a result of the passage of time
- (accrual) An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose; a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been paid by the end of it
- (ACCRUED) An adjective describing something that has come into existence but has not yet been claimed by or distributed to its rightful owner.
- (Accrued) Items/expenses that accumulate over time but normally still need to be paid. The most common example is property taxes expenses. You "accrue" taxes each month, but typically pay the entire bill at the end of the tax year.
