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Accrue has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Something that accrues; advantage accruing

"The new tax policy will allow small businesses to accrue significant advantages by reducing their overhead costs immediately."

Verb
1

grow by addition

"The interest accrues"

2

come into the possession of

"The house accrued to the oldest son"

3

To increase, to rise

"As interest rates rose over the year, her savings began to accrue at a faster pace than she had anticipated."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
increase change hands
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
redound

Origin

The word accrued first appeared in the mid-15th century, entering English via Old French. It ultimately derives from the Latin accrēsco, which means "to increase."

Rhyming Words
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