accrue
verb (used without object)
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
is accruing
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present progressiveof accrue (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He owes $5,730 with a 5.5% interest rate, which is accruing interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
There is also interest on the penalty hanging over his head, which is accruing by at least $112,000 per day until he pays.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
You might be thinking, well, there’s no point in making any payments before then, because right now that debt is accruing no interest or penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Interest is accruing at more than $250 per day.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
In the face of these figures you can readily see what an economic advantage is accruing to the Union of South Africa with reference to the whole vexing question of coal supply.
From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
