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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'accrue' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions 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 (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        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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