Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
ACCRUE
accrue
(verb) grow by addition; “The interest accrues”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)
(intransitive) 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.
(intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
(transitive) to accumulate
(intransitive, legal) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
Synonyms
• (increase): rise; see also increase
• (accumulate): add up; see also accumulate
Antonyms
• (accounting): amortize, defer, prepay
Noun
accrue (plural accrues)
(obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*crue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Accrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] Etym: [See Accrue, n., and cf. Accresce, Accrete.]
1. To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.
2. 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. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.
Ac*crue", n. Etym: [F. accrû, OF. acreü, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent.]
Definition: Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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