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Accrued Expenses | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 28, 2018
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Accrued Expenses | 10. Accrued Expenses A summary of accrued expenses follows:
(dollars in thousands) |  | October 28, 2018 |  |  | October 29, 2017 |  |  | April 29, 2018 |
Compensation, commissions and related benefits |  | $ | 3,353 |  |  | $ | 5,399 |  |  | $ | 6,918 |
Interest |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 20 |
Other accrued expenses |  |  | 5,317 |  |  |  | 1,947 |  |  |  | 3,150 |
|  | $ | 8,670 |  |  | $ | 7,364 |  |  | $ | 10,088 |
At October 28, 2018 and October 29, 2017, we had accrued expenses totaling $8.7 million and $7.4 million, respectively, all of which were classified as current accrued expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. At April 29, 2018, we had accrued expenses totaling $10.1 million, of which $9.3 million and $763,000 were classified as current accrued expenses and long-term accrued expenses, respectively, in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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- Definition The entire disclosure made for accrued liabilities due within one year from the balance sheet date. Accrued liabilities generally consist of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. + References No definition available. + Details
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