How to Use accrual in a Sentence

accrual

1 of 2 noun
  • With the accrual of time for good behavior, his sentence is set to end next April.
    — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Payments and interest accrual on federal loans are on hold through the end of August.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 21 May 2022
  • There is no change to accrual or redemption on Ravn to other destinations.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2019
  • In the nation that grew from those assumptions, the accrual of wealth became incompatible with a return to the land.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Both mileage accrual and upgrades fall under the loyalty umbrella.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2023
  • Some of these measures are still ongoing, like the pause on federal student loan payments and interest accrual.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 23 May 2022
  • In terms of time off, the contract includes a new cap on accrual of sick leave for new hires, who will be allowed to accumulate no more than 784 hours.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Vacation, sick leave, and paid time off accruals with carry-over provisions on termination.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Because of the slower average rate of repayment, women also end up paying more on their loans than men due to interest accrual.
    — Kayti Burt, refinery29.com, 28 Apr. 2022
  • That is important because payments are set to resume, along with the accrual of interest, in January.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Those changes included higher dental premiums and a switch to a high-deductible health plan, along with new policies for retiree health insurance and sick leave accrual.
    — Jenna Carlesso, courant.com, 20 May 2017
  • The mayor has also proposed changes to sick leave and vacation accrual for nonunion employees, though council members said this week that the measure doesn't have support.
    — Jenna Carlesso, courant.com, 20 May 2017
  • The president is expected to decide soon whether to grant another pause of student loan repayments and interest accrual, which are scheduled to lift at the end of the month.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2022
  • In 52 Days For much of the last two years, federal student loan payments have been suspended, along with interest accrual.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • However, extending the loan term will cost you nearly $1,000 more overall due to interest accrual.
    — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Among other terms and conditions, the tentative agreement includes a new cap on accrual of sick leave for new hires, who will be allowed to accumulate no more than 784 hours.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2019
  • The bonus accruals rose on annual results that compared favorably with 2017 results that were marred by a cyberattack.
    — Paul Ziobro, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
  • On the bright side, non-accruals (loans that are delinquent for a prolonged period, usually 90 days) were stable, and its credit quality remains in decent shape.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In May, the company announced wage increases and new benefits, like faster sick leave accrual, that would apply only to employees of nonunion stores or those not in the process of organizing.
    — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Most people with student loan debt have not been required to make payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but payments are set to resume, along with the accrual of interest, in January.
    — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The move comes on the heels of failure by the past chairman and treasurer of the party to formally file paperwork placing them in those positions and the accrual of $500 in fines for late campaign filings.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 18 July 2017
  • How to cope with feelings, the awful intensity of them, is a central question in Kawakami’s novels—why the accrual of something as invisible and refutable as feeling can exert such power over our species.
    — Idra Novey, The Atlantic, 22 May 2022
  • Qualcomm reduced patent licensing revenue for the March quarter by $974 million as an accrual for the BlackBerry award.
    — Mike Freeman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • What Spanish voters do care about is the economy, which has been depressed since 2008, leading to frighteningly high unemployment rates and the accrual of massive public debt.
    — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Oct. 2017
  • These structures help to reduce or eliminate the impact of the annual tax drag on unrealized inflation accruals and cash flow mismatch, allowing the investor to capture more of the benefit of inflation protection.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • But efforts to change the system, including a 1994 ballot initiative, were blocked by the State Supreme Court, which ruled that accruals could not be reduced during any public worker’s career.
    — Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The net accrual of $615 million represented nearly 23% of DHS’s total federal fund expenditure that year.
    — J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The difference is that in private credit, that repricing is happening slowly and through mechanisms - redemption gates, PIK accruals, covenant amendments - that are less visible to most retail investors than a declining stock price.
    — Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Some executives play games to beat expectations, positioning expenses, shifting revenues, managing accruals like financial magicians.
    — Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That means protecting benefits already earned while negotiating responsible adjustments for future accruals, exploring constitutional pathways for reform and offering voluntary buyout incentives to reduce long-term liabilities.
    — Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026

accrual

2 of 2 adjective
  • Point accrual from flying is based on the cost of the ticket, on a sliding scale based on the member's status.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
  • However, a change that allows the strike pay accrual to start on the first day of a strike rather than the eighth day was allowed to stand.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022
  • And basically you’re allowed to not work for a while and spend down your accrual of points and still get coverage.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • August marked the first month on an accrual basis of a new fiscal year for Tennessee.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The accrual method records an expense when the company gets a benefit from a purchase, even if it’s not yet paid for.
    — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Biden has tied restarting those payments and interest accrual to the timing of the high court’s ruling.
    — Lisa Hagan, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Warmer weather can also cause snow to melt faster, further impeding any accrual (also known as pack) of snow.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Many companies use the accrual method of accounting for their taxes.
    — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The number to track in the coming disclosures is the non-accrual rate, the share of loans where the borrower has stopped paying.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • One level up is Gold Elite, which includes late check-out and a 10 percent bonus to your point accrual.
    — Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2021
  • Those accrual amounts could be increased, decreasing payouts.
    — Anne Stevenson-Yang, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Winner said the error stemmed from a technical problem in applying a new accrual rate for some accounts.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Employers who want to avoid the carry-over requirements can skip the accrual process and just offer the maximum amount of sick time at the start of the year.
    — Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2017
  • For more than the past three years, there has been a moratorium on payments and interest accrual in place owing to the pandemic.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • Other investments are taxed on an accrual basis, meaning income is recognized as it is earned, even if no cash is received.
    — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Recall the taxpayer should use the same method of tax accounting, cash or accrual, that is used for tax purposes for the relevant tax year.
    — Daniel Mayo, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • There also won’t be any new interest accrual on your federal student loans and no collection of student loans in default.
    — Zack Friedman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Under the accrual method, income and expenses are recognized when they are earned or incurred, regardless of when cash is received or paid.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Clearly there was a very significant disruption to clinical trials accrual for the first five or six months of the pandemic.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Since there is no new interest accrual on your federal student loans, your student loan payments will first be used to pay off any outstanding interest.
    — Zack Friedman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The contract includes more benefits for part-time workers including vacation accrual after one year of work.
    — Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • There is no way presently for student loan borrowers in the SAVE plan to halt the accrual of interest.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Borrowers whose monthly student loan payments exceed the amount of interest accrual would receive no subsidy.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Under accrual basis accounting, expenses are matched with the related revenues and are reported when the expense occurs, not when the cash is paid.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Without full accrual accounting, those remain partly hidden.
    — Joe Dioguardi, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Yes, but some advocates encourage borrowers to wait for now, since there’s no financial penalty during the pause on payments and interest accrual.
    — Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Unlike mark-to-market taxation, phantom income reflects a partial accrual approach.
    — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Ones with gross receipts below $25 million can use the simpler cash method of accounting rather than the accrual method; the previous ceiling was $5 million.
    — Conrad De Aenlle, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Most businesses use accrual accounting.
    — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • The concerns extend beyond accrual accounting.
    — J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026

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