accrue

/ɐkɹˈuː/

/əˈkɹu/

to accrue

MAIN VERB

(particularly related to money) to gradually increase in amount or number

(of sums of money, benefits, etc.) to be received by someone and be accumulated gradually

synonyms : fall

Examples

1. A child accrues 40% of your bone mass just in those few years around puberty.

2. So fugitive carbon, durable carbon, living carbon-- and living carbon accrues more carbon from the atmosphere.

3. The company accrued $80,000 an occupational safety and health violations from 2008 to 2013.

4. I accrued tens of thousands of dollars in bills.