Definition of accrue
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.
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
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
- (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.
Noun
accrue (plural accrues)
- (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
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