Auflaufen — meaning in English

English meaning

• accrual noun An amount of income or expense that has been earned or incurred but not yet received or paid, recorded in the accounts for the period it belongs to.
• accrue verb To grow larger over time.
• grounding noun Basic knowledge or training in a subject.

Senses

Auflaufen is used for these senses in English:

• accrual An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
• accrue (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
• grounding The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
• run aground (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.

accrual — full definition

1. noun An amount of income or expense that has been earned or incurred but not yet received or paid, recorded in the accounts for the period it belongs to.
2. noun The gradual build-up of something over time, such as interest, holiday entitlement or benefits.

accrue — full definition

1. verb To grow larger over time.
2. verb To build up gradually as a result of growth, especially as interest earned on money lent out.
3. verb To build up simply because time has gone by.
4. verb To gather or build up gradually.

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