accrue[verb]Synonyms: increase, accumulate, amass, arise, be added, build up, collect, enlarge, flow, follow, grow
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ac‧crue /əˈkruː/
verb[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from Old French acreue 'increase', from acreistre 'to increase', from Latin accrescere; ⇒ accretion]
1. [intransitive] if advantages accrue to you, you get those advantages over a period of time
accrue to benefits that accrue to studentsaccrue from advantages accruing from the introduction of new technology2. [I, T] if money accrues or is accrued, it gradually increases over a period of time:
Interest will accrue until payment is made.—accrual noun [countable usually singular] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲