accrete definition - Dictionary

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	accounting cost

	accounting cycle

	accounting equation

	accounting exposure

	accounting insolvency

	accounting profit

	accounting rate of return

	accounting ratio

	accounting year

	accounts payable

	accounts receivable

	accounts receivable aging

	accounts receivable factoring

	accounts receivable financing

	accounts receivable turnover

	accouter

	accouterment

ac·crete [ ə krt ] (past and past participle ac·cret·ed, present participle ac·cret·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cretes)

transitive and intransitive verb

Definition:

become bigger: to increase in size, or increase the size of something, especially by accumulation or the growing together of separate things

[Late 18th century. < Latin accret-, past participle of accrescere< crescere "grow"]