accrued interest
Americannoun
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In December 2024, she was sued by the law firm Winston & Strawn for her late husband’s alleged failure to pay legal fees of roughly $314,000 plus accrued interest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
“That amount is more than sufficient to satisfy the judgment, plus accrued interest and enforcement costs.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 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
It would offer loan relief to five categories of borrowers, including those who have amassed large sums of accrued interest, those who have been paying loans for decades, and those who face financial hardship.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024
A large amount of compound-interest notes, weighed down with accrued interest, had ceased to float as currency, and lay in the vaults of the banks and the coffers of capitalists, awaiting redemption.
From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Barnes, William Horatio
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