"accrual" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈkɹuːəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accrual.wav [Southern-England] Forms: accruals [plural]
Etymology: accrue + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|accrue|al}} accrue + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} accrual (plural accruals)
  1. The act or process of accruing; accumulation.
    Sense id: en-accrual-en-noun-qE0tlltf
  2. An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose Synonyms (an increase): accretion, arisal Translations (an increase): kertymä (Finnish), Zuwachs [masculine] (German), Auflaufen [neuter] (German), Zugewinn [masculine] (German), Anfall [masculine] (German), Anhäufung [feminine] (German), Zugang [masculine] (German), Anwachsen [neuter] (German), Entstehung [feminine] (German), Hinzukommen [neuter] (German), Stau [masculine] (German), accumulo [masculine] (Italian), накопле́ние (nakoplénije) (Russian), incremento [masculine] (Spanish), acumulación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-accrual-en-noun-WKKTr6BN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 32 24 38 Disambiguation of 'an increase': 3 91 2 4 Disambiguation of 'an increase': 3 91 2 4
  3. (accounting) from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it. Categories (topical): Accounting, Finance Translations (an accounting charge): siirtovelka (Finnish), abgegrenzte Schulden [feminine] (German), Abgrenzungsposten [masculine] (German), Rechnungsabgrenzungsposten [masculine] (German), Rückstellung [feminine] (German), akrual (Indonesian), rateo [masculine] (Italian), akruan (Malay)
    Sense id: en-accrual-en-noun-KyPIAfiv Disambiguation of Finance: 13 13 53 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 32 24 38 Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'an accounting charge': 11 7 75 7
  4. (health sciences) Recruitment (of participants) to a clinical trial.
    Sense id: en-accrual-en-noun-MQM4byHl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 32 24 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 30 25 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 10 29 22 39 Topics: health, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deferral [accounting, finance, business] Derived forms: accrual basis, accrual bond, nonaccrual

Inflected forms

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      "word": "siirtovelka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abgegrenzte Schulden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abgrenzungsposten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechnungsabgrenzungsposten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückstellung"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "word": "akrual"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rateo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "an accounting charge",
      "word": "akruan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "accrual"
  ],
  "word": "accrual"
}

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