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accrue

/əˈkɹuː/
noun

  1. Something that accrues; advantage accruing

verb

  1. To increase, to rise

  2. To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.

  3. 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."

Synonymsadd up, rise
Antonymsamortize, defer, prepay

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