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ACCRUEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accruement mean?
• ACCRUEMENT (noun)
The noun ACCRUEMENT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ACCRUEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of accumulating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
accrual; accruement; accumulation
Hypernyms ("accruement" is a kind of...):
increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accruement"):
buildup (the act of building up an accumulation)
Derivation:
accrue (grow by addition)
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