accrue
IPA: ʌkrˈu
noun
- (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
verb
- (intransitive) To increase, to rise
- (intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- (transitive) To accumulate.
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
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Examples of "accrue" in Sentences
- All their goods accrued to the crown.
- All profits and losses accrue to the owner.
- The wealth accrued by trade was substantial.
- All of the royalty does not accrue to the writer.
- Is not the landlord entitled to the accrued rent I ask
- That person then receives the majority of the accrued revenue.
- Accrued liabilities is the direct opposite of prepaid expense.
- The closer the player is to the leader, the more points they accrue.
- Command points are accrued and determine the rank of the pilot profile.
- After the contract ends, all additional cost savings accrue to the agency.
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