accrual

Plural: accruals

Noun

• The accumulation or increase of something over time.
• the act of accumulating
• The act or process of accruing; accumulation.
• An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
• from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.
• Recruitment (of participants) to a clinical trial.

Examples

• The slow accrual of points frustrated the player used to high-scoring bingos.

Synonyms

accruement, accumulation, accretion, arisal, deferral

Antonyms

deferral, prepayment