accrual
Slow steady growth
Accrual is the gradual accumulation of something over time, especially money owed or earned.
In accounting, accrual refers to recording income or expenses when they occur rather than when cash changes hands: The company uses accrual accounting.
The term appears in contexts involving benefits, interest, or leave time: vacation accrual, interest accrual.
Gradual accumulation over time
- compoundCombined into one
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- reinvestmentReturning gains to capital
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
gains · returns · yield · reserves · collection · aggregation · increment · summation
Attention, stake, or fee
- revenueBusiness income total
- expensesMoney spent on things
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- assetsOwned items of value
ledger · bookkeeping · journal · entries · depreciation · amortization · capitalization · earnings
buildup
Gradual accumulation over time
- compoundCombined into one
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- reinvestmentReturning gains to capital
dividends · gains · returns · yield · reserves · collection · aggregation · increment · summation · tally
interest
Attention, stake, or fee
- revenueBusiness income total
- expensesMoney spent on things
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
assets · ledger · bookkeeping · journal · entries · depreciation · amortization · capitalization · earnings · balance
postponement
Delaying to later
- delayEnforced waiting period
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- timingArt of choosing moments
deferred · unearned · prepaid · unbilled · pending · outstanding · carryover · rollover · future · unrealized
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, budget
- accumulationaccumulation, heap, pile, stack, hoard
- additionsum, plus, add, addend, addition
- increasesrise, gain, boost, hike, jump
- leaveleave, annual leave, sick leave, leave of absence, paid leave
- accountingbookkeeping, ledger, balance sheet, general ledger, accounts payable
accrualreduction
Making something smaller
decrease · depletion · diminution · decline · decrement
- accrued interestEarnings accumulated but unpaid
- accrued leaveEarned unused time off