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ac·crue  (-kr)

v. ac·crued, ac·cru·ing, ac·crues

v.intr.

1. To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment: interest accruing in my savings account.

2. To increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth: common sense that accrues with experience.

3. To come into existence as a claim that is legally enforceable.

v.tr.

To accumulate over time: I have accrued 15 days of sick leave.

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[Middle English acreuen, from Old French acreu, past participle of acroistre, to increase, add, from Latin accrscere, to grow : ad-, ad- + crscere, to arise; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ac·crua·ble adj.

ac·cruement n.

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accrue [əˈkruː]

vb -crues, -cruing, -crued (intr)

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) to increase by growth or addition, esp (of capital) to increase by periodic addition of interest

2. (often foll by to) to fall naturally (to); come into the possession (of); result (for)

3. (Law) Law (of a right or demand) to become capable of being enforced

[from Old French accreue growth, ultimately from Latin accrēscere to increase, from ad- to, in addition + crēscere to grow]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	accrue - grow by addition; "The interest accrues" redound - contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory" increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
	2.	accrue - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" fall change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" devolve, return, fall, pass - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

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accrue

verb accumulate, issue, increase, grow, collect, gather, flow, build up, enlarge, follow, ensue, pile up, amass, spring up, stockpile You should never let interest payments accrue.

Translations

accrue [əˈkruː] (frm)

A. VI (= mount up) → acumularse(also Fin)
to accrue from → proceder de
to accrue to → corresponder a
some benefit will accrue to you from this → de esto resultará algo a beneficio de usted

B. CPD accrued charges NPL → gastos mpl vencidos
accrued income N → renta f acumulada
accrued interest N → interés m acumulado

accrue [əˈkruː] vi

(FINANCE) [profits, benefits] (= grow) → s'accroître (= mount up) → s'accumuler accrued interest

(gen) to accrue to sb [benefits, advantages] → revenir à qn
accrued interest n → intérêt m couru

accrue

vi

(= accumulate) → sich ansammeln, zusammenkommen (to für); (Fin: interest) → auflaufen; (= be added to) → hinzukommen (to zu)

to accrue to somebody (honour, costs etc) → jdm erwachsen (geh) → (from aus)

accrue [əˈkruː] vi (mount up) → aumentare; (interest) → maturare
to accrue to → derivare a
the notoriety that accrued to him → la notorietà che gliene è derivata