as in increase
something added (as by growth)
had an accrual of $100 through interest on my savings account last year
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Recent Examples of accrual
The filing also notes a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting related to loss provision accruals, which the company is addressing.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
The timing of the Phase 3 readout will be dependent on case accruals.
—Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
However, lower wildfire loss accruals in 2024 flattered the year-over-year comparisons.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Selling, general, and administrative expenses rose 5% to $121.5 million, primarily due to restructuring and related charges and the re-instatement of incentive compensation accruals.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
The timing of the Phase 3 readout will be dependent on case accruals.
—Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
However, lower wildfire loss accruals in 2024 flattered the year-over-year comparisons.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Selling, general, and administrative expenses rose 5% to $121.5 million, primarily due to restructuring and related charges and the re-instatement of incentive compensation accruals.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for accrual
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accrual
Noun
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According to his numbers, these implementations deliver a 20% increase in sales with this automation.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The Japanese government is introducing subsidies to help farmers meet demand, and MAFF reported a nearly 3x increase in matcha production in 2023, up to 4k tons from the 1.5k tons produced in 2010.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
20 June 2025
Noun
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In terms of the absolute number of viewers that were added between a sixth and seventh broadcast, the 2016 Cavaliers-Warriors classic beat all comers with a net gain of 10.3 million viewers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
22 June 2025
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The windfalls from name, image and licensing rights carry a slew of gains for athletes, including bolstering traditional labor objectives like collective bargaining.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Auckland City earned $3.58m USD for their participation in the tournament, in addition to a $1m bonus from FIFA for the draw against Boca.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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In addition to the traditional People’s Choice audience awards handed out by TIFF (including the most popular overall movie in the festival’s lineup being considered an instant awards season contender), Toronto this year will also hand out a first-ever International People’s Choice Award.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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However, here’s the catch: these estimates do not even include the prospective boost from the new cryptocurrency offerings.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Because of the sizable performance boost, the car can now cover the quarter-mile in a production record 7.9 seconds.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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“Accrual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accrual. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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