Definition of accrue

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accrue

noun

(obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing

verb (accru, ing)

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 - Spenser

Interest accrues to principal - Abbott

The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press - Junius
1. (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.

Translations:

Dutch: verhogen, groeien
French: accroí®tre
German: anfallen
Italian: accrescersi
Spanish: acrecentarse

Etymology: French accrí, Old French acreí, past participle of accroitre, Old French acroistre to increase; Latin ad + crescere to increase. Compare Accretion, Accresce, Accrete, Crew. See Crescent

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