accrued
Example Sentences
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Administrators said about £489,000 was owed for staff wages and accrued holiday pay.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Nafta negotiators worked around this problem by giving Canadian manufacturers a break from Nafta tariffs according to their existing shipments to the U.S., much of which accrued to Peerless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It had been sent after she asked to be paid in lieu of holiday entitlement she had accrued during her maternity leave.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
According to the American Bondholders Foundation, this outstanding debt now exceeds $1 trillion, thanks to accrued interest and penalties.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The sum of it had almost entirely depleted the modest savings Ekon had accrued from his time at the temple, not that Koffi needed to know that, or anything else about his financial situation.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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President Obama's End of the Year Press Conference
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