The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ACCRUES
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What does ACCRUES mean?
ACCRUES noun- Something that accrues; advantage accruing
- To increase, to rise
- To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- To accumulate
- To become an enforceable and permanent right.