accrue
/əˈkɹu/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.91 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And though pow’r fail’d, her Courage did accrue"
- "Environmental benefits that accrue to the area."
- "1879, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Dictionary of Terms and Phrases used in American or English Jurisprudence: ACCRUE Interest accrues to principal."
- "The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press"
- "The abolition of exploitation meant, in his view, not that workers should receive the equivalent of what they produced, but that the surplus value they do not receive in wages should accrue to society in the form of fresh investments, emergency reserves, payment for necessary 'unproductive' services, administration, etc., plus provision for those unable to work."
- "The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses."
Etymology
First attested in mid 15th century. From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”). Compare accrete.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱer-, acrewen, acreue, accrēsco
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkɹu/
- British English: /əˈkɹuː/