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title: Accrue
description: Accrue means that something accumulates over time. For example, when you deposit money into your bank account, you are paid interest on that money, so the money in the bank account accrues interest.
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# Accrue

Accrue means that something accumulates over time. For example, when you deposit money into your bank account, you are paid interest on that money, so the money in the bank account accrues interest.

- [Understanding funding](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Challenges to accessing finance](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#challenges-to-accessing-finance)
    - [Different funding needs](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#different-funding-needs)
    - [Different types of funders](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#different-types-of-funders)
    - [Different types of funding products](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#different-types-of-funding-products)
    - [Credit scores and reports](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#credit-scores-and-reports)
    - [Learn more](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/understanding-funding?hsLang=en#learn-more)
- [Funding for startups](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Angel investors](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#angel-investors)
    - [Crowdfunding](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#crowdfunding)
    - [Family and friends](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#family-and-friends)
    - [Government funding](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#government-funding)
    - [Incubators and enterprise development programmes](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#incubators-and-enterprise-development-programmes)
    - [Overdrafts](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#overdrafts)
    - [Social enterprise funding/impact investing](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#social-enterprise-funding-impact-investing)
    - [Venture capitalists](https://knowledge.finfind.co.za/funding-for-startups?hsLang=en#venture-capitalists)
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