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accrue

verb as in increase by addition or growth, often financial

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Typically the party that triggers a shutdown and is making the policy demands – in this case, the Democrats - is the one that accrues the public's blame.

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That program provides for 90 days of relief from payments, without accruing late fees or damage to credit scores.

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Liverpool are getting the job done without being at their best, which begs the question - what will they be like when all the new parts accrued this summer fit?

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At the time, Sioux City students had accrued about $22,000 in debt.

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The chancellor told colleagues: "I do not think there is anything progressive about spending £100 billion a year on paying off debts accrued by previous governments."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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