definition of the word accrue

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French accrû, Old French acreü, past participle of accroître, Old French acroistre to increase; Latin ad + crescere to increase. Compare accretion, accresce, accrete, crew, crescent.

Infinitive
to accrue

Third person singular
accrues

Simple past
accrued

Past participle
accrued

Present participle
accruing

to accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)

To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.
- And though power failed, her courage did accrue - Spenser
- Interest accrues to principal - Abbott
- The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press - Junius
(accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.

The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.

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