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Actual vs. Accrual

Actual and Accrual Definitions

Actual

Relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical

Accrual

The act or process of accumulating; an increase.

Actual

Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
The actual cost of goods;
The actual case under discussion
The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.

Accrual

Something that accumulates or increases.

Actual

In action at the time being; now existing; current.

Accrual

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
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Actual

Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.

Accrual

(accounting) 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.

Actual

An actual, real one; notably:

Accrual

Accrument.

Actual

(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.

Accrual

The act of accumulating
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Actual

(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over. (The radio operator is requesting to speak to the commander of the unit under the call sign "Bravo Six", as opposed to any available member of the unit.)

Actual

(uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.

Actual

Involving or comprising action; active.
Her walking and other actual performances.
Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God.

Actual

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; - opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

Actual

In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Actual

Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates.
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Actual

Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;
The predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
Actual and imagined conditions

Actual

Taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated;
We saw the actual wedding on television
Filmed the actual beating

Actual

Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
Her actual motive
A literal solitude like a desert
A genuine dilemma

Actual

Of the nature of fact; having actual existence;
Rocks and trees...the actual world
Actual heroism
The actual things that produced the emotion you experienced

Actual

Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;
De facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law
A de facto state of war

Actual

Being or existing at the present moment;
The ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West

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