ACCRUES Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

accrues

verb

present tense third-person singular of accrue

as in accumulates

to increase in amount as time passes They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.

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Recent Examples of accrues Those rules generally require a notice of claim to be served within 180 days after the claim accrues and a lawsuit to be filed within one year. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 For example, with a traditional $100,000 loan carrying a 15% APR, interest generally accrues over time based on the outstanding principal balance and the terms of the loan. — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Interest accrues at 18% against the building’s property tax account, and a large unpaid lien could put its mortgage at risk, even though co-op boards have none of DOF’s collection or enforcement powers. — Michael Wolfe, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 However, interest on unpaid tax generally accrues from the regular April federal return deadline. — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 If your payment doesn’t cover the interest that accrues that month, the remaining interest is waived. — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026 The bilingual advantage accrues to whoever happens to be inside that roughly 12-to-25 window when a technological rupture hits. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026

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The descent into crisis-club territory usually happens by degrees, a malaise that accumulates slowly as one poor performance follows another.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
This creates a point in the circular segment where tension accumulates, which in turn leads to the formation of a pointed edge.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

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This wine grid base maximizes vertical storage and is especially perfect for smaller spaces.

— Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2026
Contributing to that very impressive range is the new cylindrical cell battery pack, which uses a cell-to-body approach that maximizes energy density, along with the aforementioned new sixth-gen motors.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

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