accrue

  • 11accrue — [[t]əkru͟ː[/t]] accrues, accruing, accrued 1) V ERG If money or interest accrues, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time. [TECHNICAL] [V ed] I owed ₤5,000 part of this was accrued interest... While they may use a credit card for… …

    English dictionary

  • 12accrue — UK [əˈkruː] / US [əˈkru] verb Word forms accrue : present tense I/you/we/they accrue he/she/it accrues present participle accruing past tense accrued past participle accrued formal 1) [intransitive/transitive] business if money accrues or is… …

    English dictionary

  • 13accrue — ac|crue [ ə kru ] verb FORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive if money accrues or is accrued, it gradually increases in amount: The interest has continued to accrue. 2. ) intransitive accrue to if benefits and advantages accrue to you, you… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14accrue — verb (accrued; accruing) Etymology: Middle English acreuen, probably from Anglo French *acrue increase, from acreistre to increase, from Latin accrescere, from ad + crescere to grow more at crescent Date: 15th century intransitive verb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15Accrue — The ability for something to accumulate over time. In finance, accrue is most commonly used when referring to interest, income and expenses of an individual or business. Interest in your savings account accrues so that over time the total amount… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 16accrue — Synonyms and related words: accrue from, accrue to, accumulate, advance, appreciate, arise from, balloon, be contingent on, be due to, be received, bloat, boom, breed, broaden, bud from, come from, come in, come out of, come to hand, crescendo,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17accrue — v. (D; intr.) to accrue to (the interest accrued to our account) * * * [ə kruː] (D; intr.) to accrue to (the interest accrued to our account) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18accrue — verb (I, T) formal 1 if advantages accrue to you, you get those advantages over a period of time: tax benefits that accrue to investors 2 if money accrues or is accrued, it gradually increases over a period of time: The accrued interest will be… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19accrue — [c]/əˈkru / (say uh krooh) verb (accrued, accruing) –verb (i) 1. to accumulate in the course of time. 2. (of a right or demand) to become legally enforceable. –verb (t) 3. to collect over a period of time: to accrue points. {from accrue (obsolete …

  • 20accrue — /akruw/ Derived from the Latin, ad and creso, to grow to. In past tense, in sense of due and payable; vested. It means to increase; to augment; to come to by way of increase; to be added as an increase, profit, or damage. Acquired; falling due;… …

    Black's law dictionary