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to accrue
01
to gather or receive something, like money or benefits, slowly over a period of time
Transitive: to accrue money or benefits
Examples
Over the years, he accrued a lot of vacation days at work.
02
(particularly related to money) to gradually increase in amount or number
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
accrue
3rd person singular
accrues
Past simple
accrued
Past participle
accrued
Examples
Interest accrues on the savings account, allowing the balance to grow steadily over the years.
Lexical Tree
accrued
accruement
accrue
