accrual
Meanings
noun
- The act or process of accruing; accumulation.
- An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
- from the creditor's viewpoint, a receivable incurred in one fiscal year, but paid during another.
- from the debtor's viewpoint, a debt incurred in one fiscal year, but paid during another.
- Recruitment (of participants) to a clinical trial.
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From accrue + -al.
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