Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
accruement .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word accruements.
Examples
-
His office, with three secretaries, is outfitted with computers, fax machines and other modern office accruements not always found in Prato.
Greed, religious intolerance, misunderstood enemies: How Rome Fell 2009
-
Your mother's fortune is all yours, with its legitimate accruements, and it was left at your own disposal after your twenty-first birthday.
-
Last Will and have user of the accruements thereto calculated at the rate of ten per centum per annum which amount he shall under no circumstances be required to replace.
The Lady of the Shroud Bram Stoker 1879
-
Your mother's fortune is all yours, with its legitimate accruements, and it was left at your own disposal after your twenty-first birthday.
The Man Between, an International Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
-
I, too, find myself with material accruements, but I do not ever share or bring them up on first, or second, meeting which I think you do.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Cohen 2011
-
In fact, we do well to remember that even in the West, notions over what accruements democracy must have remains in flux and have changed over time.
-
In fact, we do well to remember that even in the West, notions over what accruements democracy must have remains in flux and have changed over time.
-
In fact, we do well to remember that even in the West, notions over what accruements democracy must have remains in flux and have changed over time.
-
Old economy accruements such as manufacturing plants are now seen as albatrosses.
WNYMedia 2009
-
Tts the belief that we are not pretty enough, beautiful enough as we are that has us seek out and invest in the accruements to affect illusion and thereby gain access to the world pretty much in the hands of men.
Aish.com 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.