ACCRUEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accruement mean? 

• ACCRUEMENT (noun)
  The noun ACCRUEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of accumulating

  Familiarity information: ACCRUEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCRUEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of accumulating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

accrual; accruement; accumulation

Hypernyms ("accruement" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accruement"):

buildup (the act of building up an accumulation)

Derivation:

accrue (grow by addition)