accrued interest
Americannoun
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“That amount is more than sufficient to satisfy the judgment, plus accrued interest and enforcement costs.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025
Insurers book as an asset the accrued interest income they are due from performing loans that is owed but that hasn’t been paid yet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
TVR did not respond to a request for comment, but the company has previously confirmed that it had repaid its £2m loan to the Welsh government along with accrued interest.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024
Naomi Waters, a recent UC Riverside graduate in public policy and African American studies, is saddled with $65,000 in federal loans — $7,000 of that in accrued interest.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2022
The domestic debt was estimated at $27,383,000 for the principal, $13,030,000 for accrued interest and $2,000,000 for unliquidated debt.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
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