accrual

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Those are generally accrual accounting measures, which reflect the effects of actions that happened during the year, not actual cash payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The accrual ratio is sometimes called the Sloan ratio, after an accounting professor named Richard Sloan, whose research showed that companies with cleaner earnings generally produce superior stock returns.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

Programmable smart contracts also allow for continuous accrual of interest, automatic fee distribution, and even real-time auditability.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

An investigation and forensic analysis subsequently identified that a "single employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries" starting around the end of 2021, Macy's said.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

But it would end up being one of many little things—a slow accrual, compounding steadily and imperceptibly toward critical mass.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer