Accretion vs. Accrual

Accretionnoun

The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

Accrualnoun

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

Accretionnoun

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition

‘an accretion of earth’; ‘A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion.’;

Accrualnoun

(accounting) from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.

Accretionnoun

Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.

Accrualnoun

Accrument.

Accretionnoun

Concretion; coherence of separate particles

‘the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass’;

Accrualnoun

the act of accumulating

Accretionnoun

(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

Accrual

Accrual (accumulation) of something is, in finance, the adding together of interest or different investments over a period of time. It holds specific meanings in accounting, where it can refer to accounts on a balance sheet that represent liabilities and non-cash-based assets used in accrual-based accounting.

Accretionnoun

(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.

Accretionnoun

(legal) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

Accretionnoun

(legal) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.

Accretionnoun

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

Accretionnoun

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.

‘A mineral . . . augments not by growth, but by accretion.’; ‘To strip off all the subordinate parts of his narrative as a later accretion.’;

Accretionnoun

Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

Accretionnoun

A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

Accretionnoun

The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

Accretionnoun

an increase by natural growth or addition

Accretionnoun

something contributing to growth or increase;

‘he scraped away the accretions of paint’; ‘the central city surrounded by recent accretions’;

Accretionnoun

(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases

Accretionnoun

(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles

Accretionnoun

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment

Accretionnoun

(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)