accrue

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun

[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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /əˈkɹuː/
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  Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Verb

to accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)

1. 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

2. (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

[edit] Noun

accrue (plural accrues)

1. (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing