accruement

Growth over time

Accruement is the process or result of accruing—the gradual accumulation of something over time.

The word appears most often in financial and legal contexts: the accruement of interest, the accruement of benefits.

It's a formal variant of accrual, which is more common in business usage.

financial

interest

Attention, stake, or fee

dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
capitalizationUsing big letters properly
amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule

depreciation · yield · balance · ledger · compounding · principal · maturity · fiscal · revenue · assets

accumulation

buildup

Gradual accumulation over time

aggregationCombined collection of items
amassmentAct of piling up
collectionGathered set of items

stockpile · compilation · assemblage · pileup · massing · gathering · cache · reservoir · tallying · summation

gradual

progression

Sequential forward movement

developmentProgress toward maturity
expansionIncrease in scope
advancementForward movement or promotion

escalation · augmentation · extension · incremental · cumulative · steady · compounding · layering · successive

benefit

earnings

Money gained from work

profitGain exceeding expenditure
savingsAccumulated money kept
returnsProfits from investments

advantage · surplus · bonus · windfall · proceeds · compensation · remuneration · reward · payout · perquisites

Opposites

accumulation vs. loss

accruementdepletion

Reduction of supply

diminishment · reduction · loss · decrease · erosion

acquisition vs. obligation

accruementdebt

Money owed another

liability · indebtedness · obligation · encumbrance · deficit

Family

increase, crescent, accrue, accumulate, accumulation, accretion, accruing, accrual, accrued

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