accrue
v.to increase slowly over time. In business, it means to earn or receive money or benefits that you have not yet collected.
v.to accumulate or increase gradually over a period of time. In a financial context, it refers to the process of earning interest or benefits that have not yet been paid or realized.
“The interest on the loan will accrue every month.”
“The company allows employees to accrue vacation days based on the number of hours they work each year.”
“As the project progressed, the legal team noted that the costs would continue to accrue until the final settlement was reached, regardless of the initial budget.”
“A puppet-fabricator by training, Dininger was unprepared for the cult status the character would almost instantly accrue.”
“But the bill for what the culture asked of it has been accruing interest in places no one was watching.”
First attested in mid 15th century. From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.