accrued
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Administrators said about £489,000 was owed for staff wages and accrued holiday pay.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The agency had already stepped up cost-cutting to pay down debts accrued during the pandemic, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
“As a result, over the course of the decades she served the organization, her vacation pay accrued substantially.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
Vocabulary lists containing accrued
The Inheritance Games
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President Obama's End of the Year Press Conference
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