accrue
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
French accrû, Old French acreü, past participle of accroître, Old French acroistre to increase; from Latin adcrēscō (“‘increase’”). Compare accretion, accresce, accrete, crew, crescent.
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[edit] Verb
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to accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)
- 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.
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- 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
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- (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.
[edit] Translations
- Dutch: verhogen, groeien
- Finnish: kasvaa
- French: accroître
- German: anfallen
- Interlingua: accrescer, aAccumular
- Italian: accrescersi
- Spanish: acrecentarse
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accrue (plural accrues)

