accrue
/əˈkɹuː//ə.ˈkɹu/
noun
- 1
Something that accrues; advantage accruing
verb
- 1
To increase, to rise
- 2
To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- 3
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.”
- 4
To accumulate
“He has accrued nine sick days.”
- 5
To become an enforceable and permanent right.
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