ACCRUE


Meaning of ACCRUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əkru: ]

( accrues, accruing, accrued)

1.

If money or interest accrues or if you accrue it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time. ( BUSINESS )

I owed £5,000–part of this was accrued interest...

If you do not pay within 28 days, interest will accrue...

Officials say the options will offer investors a longer time in which to accrue profits.

= accumulate

VERB : V-ed , V , V n

2.

If things such as profits or benefits accrue to someone, they are added to over a period of time. ( FORMAL )

...the expectation that profits will accrue.

...a project from which considerable benefit will accrue to the community...

VERB : V , V to n

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