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accrue  (accrues 3rd person present) (accruing present participle) (accrued past tense & past participle )
1  verb If money or interest accrues or if you accrue it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time.  (BUSINESS)  (=accumulate) 
I owed £5,000<endash>part of this was accrued interest...  V-ed 
If you do not pay within 28 days, interest will accrue...  V 
Officials say the options will offer investors a longer time in which to accrue profits.  V n 
2  verb If things such as profits or benefits accrue to  someone, they are added to over a period of time. 
FORMAL ...the expectation that profits will accrue.  V 
...a project from which considerable benefit will accrue to the community...  V to n 



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