Real Estate Terms - A

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ACCESSION

additions to property as a result of annexing fixtures or alluvial deposits

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ACCESSORY APARTMENT

a separate living unit created within a single-family home and occupied by either a family member or a non-family tenant. Generally, such units are outlawed by local zoning and housing coots, although some cities conduct special programs lo encourage such units for specific purposes.

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ACCOMMODATING PARTY

the intermediary in a section 1031 exchange, used especially in a relayed (tax-free) exchange, who holds money or property for a short time to facilitate the exchange.

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ACCRUAL METHOD

a method of accounting that requires income or expense to be entered when the amount is earned or the obligation is payable. Distinguished from cash method in which amounts are posted when paid or received.

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ACCRUE

(1) accumulate or increase. (2) enter in financial records an amount that has not been paid or received.

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ACCRUED DEPRECIATION

The amount of depreciation accumulated over a period of time in the accounting process.

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ACCRUED EXPENSE

costs that have been incurred hut not paid dur­ing an accounting period

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ACCRUED INTEREST

interest that has been earned but not paid

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