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accrue

The correct spelling is accrue.

How to pronounce accrue

/əˈkɹuː/
noun

IPA: /əˈkɹuː/

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The correct spelling is accrue. Something that accrues; advantage accruing For example: "The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses."

Usage Examples

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

He has accrued nine sick days.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Something that accrues; advantage accruing

verb

  1. 1.To increase, to rise
  2. 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. 3.To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
  4. 4.To accumulate
  5. 5.To become an enforceable and permanent right.

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