accrued

«accrued» in Mova's school dictionary: Built up or collected little by little over time: the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb, past form of accrue (accrue, accrues, accrued, accruing); adjective (accrued)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Built up or collected little by little over time: the interest accrued over the years. tree →

2) (formal, money) Owed or earned but not yet paid: accrued interest, accrued holiday. tree →

sense in the lessons

A stiff word from banking, business and exam questions. In maths problems on savings it means the interest that has added up in an account; in everyday talk people say "built up" or "added up". Phrases: accrued interest, accrued benefits, accrued over time.

examples

• (formal) The savings account accrued 12 dollars of interest. tree →
• Over the summer, the library fines accrued. tree →
• (formal) Calculate the total interest accrued after three years. tree →
• Mum has accrued five extra days of holiday at work. tree →
• Dust had accrued on the old piano. tree →
• (formal) The accrued points may be exchanged for a prize. tree →

note

Regular verb: accrue, accrued, accruing. Formal; the everyday word is "built up". In maths, accrued interest is added to the starting money: 200 plus 12 accrued gives 212.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «accrued» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.