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accrue
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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.

[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.]

ac·crua·ble adj.
ac·cruement n.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.accrueaccrue - 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.accrueaccrue - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
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"

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 fromproceder de
to accrue tocorresponder a
some benefit will accrue to you from thisde esto resultará algo a beneficio de usted
B. CPD accrued charges NPLgastos mpl vencidos
accrued income Nrenta f acumulada
accrued interest Ninterés 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 nintérêt 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


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