Accruement
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
to be added as a matter of periodic gain or advantage, as interest on money.
law. to become a present and enforceable right or demand.
verb (intransitive) -crues, -cruing, -crued
to increase by growth or addition, esp (of capital) to increase by periodic addition of interest
(often foll by to) to fall naturally (to); come into the possession (of); result (for)
(law) (of a right or demand) to become capable of being enforced
v.
mid-15c., from old french acreue “growth, increase, what has grown,” fem. of acreu, past participle of acreistre (modern french accroître) “to increase,” from latin accrescere (see accretion). related: accrued; accruing. apparently a verb from a french noun because there is no english verb to go with it until much later, unless the record is defective.
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