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accrue

/əˈkruː/

B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law verb

(Of a right, liability or interest) to come into existence or accumulate as an enforceable entitlement.

The right to sue accrued on the date the defective goods were delivered.

Similar: arise, accumulate

Topic: Commercial law in Legal English

Business verb

To accumulate or build up over time.

Interest accrues daily on the outstanding balance.

Topic: Finance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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