ACCRUED

accrued, accumulated

(adjective) periodically accumulated over time; “accrued interest”; “accrued leave”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

accrued

simple past tense and past participle of accrue

Adjective

accrued (not comparable)

Having increased through accrual; having risen over time or due to financial transactions.

Anagrams

• cardecu, cue card

Source: Wiktionary


ACCRUE

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. accrĂ», OF. acreĂĽ, 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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