(~s, accruing, ~d)
1.
If money or interest ~s or if you ~ it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time. (BUSINESS)
I owed ?5,000–part of this was ~d interest...
If you do not pay within 28 days, interest will ~...
Officials say the options will offer investors a longer time in which to ~ profits.
= accumulate
VERB: V-ed, V, V n
2.
If things such as profits or benefits ~ to someone, they are added to over a period of time. (FORMAL)
...the expectation that profits will ~.
...a project from which considerable benefit will ~ to the community...
VERB: V, V to n