verb intransverb trans
(often + to) to come as an increase or addition; to arise as a growth or result
advantages that have accrued to society from the freedom of the press
to be periodically accumulated
Interest has accrued over the year
to collect or accumulate (something)
accrual noun
[Middle English acreuen, prob from early French acreue increase, from acreistre to increase, from Latin accrescere, from ad- + crescere to grow]