accrual
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It expects the accrual for these charges to be recognized in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Most private-sector employers cap vacation accrual between 40 and 400 hours and stop employees from earning additional time once they reach those limits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 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
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
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"While bonus accruals and losses in the set business may weigh on earnings, memory profits alone are likely to be substantial," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Federal Employees Retirement System remains a luxury, providing members a guaranteed payout based on years of service, the highest average of salaries, and accruals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Adidas blamed the 70 percent drop on one-time expenses for a strategic review, “as well as the donations and accruals for further donations.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
The group will use alternative funding channels from internal accruals, promoter equity funding and private placements to fund projects, Mint said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023
The value of the assets in the sinking fund on December 31, 1917, estimating the purchased customs administration bonds at par, was $6,019,161.50, exclusive of interest accruals in 1917.
From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich