accrue

Speech parts

1. accrue - Noun

2. accrue - Verb

Meaning

To increase; to augment.

To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.

Something that accrues; advantage accruing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fall rise mass garner result increase come flow spread gain grow store expand extend attend
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Antonyms

deflate prune contract die destroy decrease
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Hypernyms

increase change hands change owners

Hyponyms

redound

Phrases with the word

accrue in accrue the benefit

Derivatives

accrued accruing

Examples

There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue power. Among this limited group of humanitarians I would number teachers, nurses, bookstore owners, and bartenders. Jack McDevitt

Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way. John Mearsheimer

The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits that accrue from 'mining' the soil so that soil quality and fertility can be maintained over the longer term. Eugene Odum

[Jihad is an] act of extreme religious piety, the spiritual benefits ( sawab ) of which accrue to the sacred soul of Muhammad Ismail, the martyr who led it . Syed Ahmed Khan

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself... and let sound contribute toward me. Walt Whitman

But I love to entertain. My vocation is to accrue all these experiences, to write about them, to get them out of my system, to not get sick, and then to share them publicly. Alanis Morissette

Close letter words and terms

accrual-based accruals accounting accruals based accounting accrue in accrue the benefit accrued