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1. ''Accounting.'' 
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An amount owing - but not yet invoiced - for services or goods received before the end of the accounting period.  An accrual is a form of liability, because it represents cash that will have to be paid out in the future, for a benefit that has already been received.


''Accounting.'' 
An amount owing - but not yet invoiced - for services or goods received before the end of the accounting period. 
An accrual is a form of liability, because it represents cash that will have to be paid out in the future, for a benefit that has already been received.
2.
''Pensions.'' 


2. ''Pensions.'' 
In a defined benefit pension scheme, the build up over time of entitlement to future benefits, resulting from additional years of pensionable service.
In a defined benefit pension scheme, the build up over time of entitlement to future benefits, resulting from additional years of pensionable service.



Revision as of 09:52, 11 May 2016

1.

Accounting.

An amount owing - but not yet invoiced - for services or goods received before the end of the accounting period. An accrual is a form of liability, because it represents cash that will have to be paid out in the future, for a benefit that has already been received.


2.

Pensions.

In a defined benefit pension scheme, the build up over time of entitlement to future benefits, resulting from additional years of pensionable service.


See also