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Definition of Accrue
1. Verb. Grow by addition. "The interest accrues"
2. Verb. Come into the possession of. "The house accrued to the oldest son"
Exact synonyms: Fall
Generic synonyms: Change Hands, Change Owners
Related verbs: Devolve, Fall, Pass, Return, Fall, Light
Derivative terms: Accrual
Generic synonyms: Change Hands, Change Owners
Related verbs: Devolve, Fall, Pass, Return, Fall, Light
Derivative terms: Accrual
Definition of Accrue
1. v. i. To increase; to augment.
2. n. Something that accrues; advantage accruing.
Definition of Accrue
1. Verb. (intransitive) 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. ¹
2. Verb. (context: intransitive accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. ¹
3. Verb. (context: intransitive legal) To become an enforceable and permanent right. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accrue
1. to come as an increase or addition [v -CRUED, -CRUING, -CRUES]