accruing

Definitions

The process of accumulating or increasing in amount or value over time.

The act of becoming due or attaching as a periodic advantage or liability.

Examples

The savings account has been accruing interest at a steady rate over the past year.

She realized that she was accruing significant debt by relying too heavily on her credit cards.

Synonyms

accumulating gathering collecting increasing amassing growing building

Antonyms

diminishing decreasing dwindling reducing lessening shrinking depleting