accrue

== English == === Etymology === First attested in mid 15th century. From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkɹuː/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɹu/ Rhymes: -uː === Verb === accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued) (intransitive) To increase, to rise (intransitive) 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. Environmental benefits that accrue to the area. 1879, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Dictionary of Terms and Phrases used in American or English Jurisprudence: ACCRUE Interest accrues to principal. (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. (transitive) To accumulate. 1709, John Dryden, "Lucretius: A Poem against the Fear of Death" (lines 26-29), published in a pamphlet of the same name with an Ode in Memory of Mrs. Ann Killebrew: We, who are dead and gone, shall bear no Part, In all the Pleasures, no shall we feel the smart, Which to that other Mortal shall accrew, Whom of our Matter Time shall mould anew. (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right. Synonym: inure ==== Synonyms ==== (increase): rise; accrete; see also Thesaurus:increase (accumulate): add up; see also Thesaurus:accumulate ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “accounting”): amortize, defer, prepay ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== accretion accresce accrete crescent ==== Translations ==== === Noun === accrue (plural accrues) (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “accrue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “accrue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kʁy/ === Noun === accrue f (plural accrues) dry land created by draining === Participle === accrue f sg feminine singular of accru === Further reading === “accrue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012