Word:
Accrue
Status:
Verb(transitive)
Meaning:
To increase in value or growth with the passage of time: to grow or build up slowly.
: to come to or to be given to someone
Sentences:
1) I'll get back all the money I invested, plus any interest and dividends that have accrued.
2) They accrue entitlements to holiday pay.
Origin:
Middle English accrueun, probably from Anglo-French *acrue which means 'increase', from acriestre which also means 'to increase'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
result, arise, accumulate, gather, stem, spring
Antonyms:
decrease, loss, dwindle.
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