Synonyms for accrue
əˈkruac·crue

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1. accrueverb

   Antonyms:
   amortize

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1. accrueverb

   grow by addition

   "The interest accrues"

   Synonyms:
   fall

2. accrue, fallverb

   come into the possession of

   "The house accrued to the oldest son"

   Synonyms:
   shine, go down, diminish, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, lessen, come down, pass, descend, come, return, light, fall, hang, decrease, fall down

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1. • Increase

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1. accrueverb

   Synonyms:
   result, proceed, come, arise, issue, follow, flow, ensue, be added, be derived, be gained, be got, come in

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1. List of paraphrases for "accrue":

   accumulate

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1. Scott Kennedy:

   I think people would read it for what it is - wanting to make sure that whatever access is given to foreign companies, the benefits still accrue to domestic companies.

2. Marie Antoinette:

   It is the nature of human beings, and especially of the mediocre ones, to wish to change everything. They desire it all the more because they know popularity will accrue rather to those who disturb than to those who maintain order.

3. Roger Brown:

   Those candidates on that waiting list then, while that program is inactive, are not eligible to receive any organ offers ... but those patients continue to accrue waiting time, they do not lose their place in line.

4. Steve Emerson:

   It will accrue to their positive development in terms of financing, reputation and all that, and there'll probably be a brigade named in the brothers' memory.

5. The HRW report:

   Lebanon's main political parties, including Hezbollah, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Future Movement, the Lebanese Forces, the Amal Movement, and others, have benefited from the port's ambiguous status and poor governance and accountability structures, political parties have installed loyalists in prominent positions in the port, often positioning them to accrue wealth, siphon off state revenues, smuggle goods, and evade taxes in ways that benefit them or people connected to them.