accrue
verb/əˈkruː/
/əˈkruː/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accrue | /əˈkruː/ /əˈkruː/ |
| he / she / it accrues | /əˈkruːz/ /əˈkruːz/ |
| past simple accrued | /əˈkruːd/ /əˈkruːd/ |
| past participle accrued | /əˈkruːd/ /əˈkruːd/ |
| -ing form accruing | /əˈkruːɪŋ/ /əˈkruːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to increase over a period of time
- Interest will accrue if you keep your money in a savings account.
- accrue (to somebody) (from something) economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism
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- [transitive] accrue something to allow a sum of money or debts to grow over a period of time synonym accumulate
- The firm had accrued debts of over $6m.
- The money was placed in a special account to accrue interest.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French acreue, past participle of acreistre ‘increase’, from Latin accrescere ‘become larger’, from ad- ‘to’ + crescere ‘grow’.
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