Definition of accrue
accrued
;accruing
intransitive verb
1 : to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
2a : to come about as a natural growth, increase, or advantage the wisdom that accrues with ageb : to come as a direct result of some state or action rewards due to the feminine will accrue to me — Germaine Greer
3 : to accumulate or be added periodically interest accrues on a daily basis
transitive verb
: to accumulate or have due after a period of time accrue vacation time
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Examples of accrue in a Sentence
I'll get back all the money I invested, plus any interest and dividends that have accrued.
investments that have accrued interest and dividends
Recent Examples of accrue from the Web
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Capitalism was a means to power and feminism was about accruing power.
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New employees may be fired for accruing four points in their first six months.
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Ferguson also detailed the city's practice of allowing police from both the rank-and-file and brass to accrue compensatory time for working extra hours.
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California utilities have saved $52 million, with smaller savings accruing to NV Energy, Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy.
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Subsidized Stafford loans help lower the high cost of higher education for about six million students a year because the interest doesn't start to accrue while the borrower is in school and for six months after graduation.
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Ballay had been sentenced to life as a habitual offender after accruing 120 arrests, including more than 70 felony arrests, with 25 convictions, along with numerous misdemeanor charges.
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And there’s no pause button; like Twitter itself, Tweetping’s data accrues incessantly; there’s no off switch but the back button.
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Origin and Etymology of accrue
ACCRUE Defined for English Language Learners
accrue
playDefinition of accrue for English Language Learners
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: to increase in value or amount gradually as time passes : to grow or build up slowly
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: to come to or be given to someone
Law Dictionary
accrue
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accrued
accruing
intransitive verb
1 : to come into existence as an enforceable claim : vest as a right action…does not accrue until the plaintiff knew or reasonably should have known that he may have suffered injury — National Law Journal Editor's note: Statutes of limitations begin to run when a cause of action accrues.
2 : to come by way of increase or addition : arise as a growth or result —usually used with to or from advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press interest accrues to the seller as a result of the delay
3 : to be periodically accumulated in the process of time whether as an increase or a decrease the accruing of taxes allowing the receivable interest to accrue
transitive verb
1 : to accumulate or have due after a period of time authorized by law to accrue leave in the maximum amount of 90 days
2 : to enter in the books as an accrual
Origin and Etymology of accrue
Middle French accreue increase, addition to a property, from feminine of accreu, past participle of acreistre to increase
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