accrue
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in mid 15th century.
- From Middle English acrewen, from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”).
- Compare accretion, accresce, accrete, crew, crescent.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)
- (intransitive) 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.
- And though power failed, her courage did accrue - Edmund Spenser
- Interest accrues to principal - Abbott
- The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press - Junius
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
Antonyms [edit]
- (accounting): amortize
Translations [edit]
increase
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Noun [edit]
accrue (plural accrues)
