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
Borrowers should note that their accrued interest gets added to the principal balance of the consolidated loan.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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
The whole indebtedness was about $130,000,000, more than half of which consisted of accrued interest, for which sum the Government has realized the entire amount less about $6,000,000 within a period of two years.
From A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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