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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accrue /əˈkruː/

▶verb (accrues, accruing, accrued)

1 (of a benefit or sum of money) be received in regular or increasing amounts.

2 make provision for (a charge) at the end of a financial period.

– derivatives
accrual noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. acreue, past part. of acreistre ‘increase’, from L. accrescere (see accrete).

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