12 example sentences using accrue.
Accrue used in a sentence
Accrue in a sentence as a verb
I was afraid I was too fail, and I was terrified of the debt I'd accrue.
There's a mismatch between who the benefits accrue to, and who pays for it.
Poor people are kept in poverty from sudden costs they are unable to cope with which accrue interest.
Or, perhaps more significantly, is the maximum number of options accrued under this 10,000?
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Now it tends to indicate that productivity increases accrue solely to capital and not labor.
For one thing, this doesn't address the somewhat significant issue of when those 2,500 options accrue -- if I end my employment on day 1,000, do I end up with 5,000 options?
And to whom does the difference accrue?Technology here acts as a tool further disadvantaging those who are already at a disadvantage.
This gets you an exemption from rules like no vacation during the first 6 months of employment, and it sometimes also lets you get your 2 weeks upfront, instead of having to accrue them.
If there is a period of buzz and excitement surrounding your app, whatever design was most popular at that time will be rewarded accordingly, and accrue a high click through rate with tens of thousands of case.
The people who struggled to fight racism and sexism or corruption or lack of education, or the numerous other scourges still deeply ingrained in India, contributed something lasting to our culture, something that continues to accrue benefits to people who live here and adopt our ways.
My favorite bit is near the end, where Cowan reinforces that by Piketty's own admission, the proposed wealth tax would shift up to 75% of national income to the Government: ''Therein lies the most fundamental problem with Piketty’s policy proposals: the best parts of his book argue that, left unchecked, capital and capitalists inevitably accrue too much power -- and yet Piketty seems to believe that governments and politicians are somehow exempt from the same dynamic.
Accrue definitions
grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
See also: fall