Meaning & use
Accruement
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The act or process of accumulating or growing over time, especially of interest, benefits, or rights.
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The bank statement detailed the steady accruement of interest over the past year.
Employees track the accruement of vacation days on the company's internal portal.
A note on using this word
Accruement is a less common variant of the more standard term 'accrual,' both derived from the verb 'accrue,' meaning to grow or accumulate gradually.
Words with a similar meaning
accumulationaccrual
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Words with an opposite meaning
depletionreduction
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