Accounting - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈkaʊntɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word accounting
Brit.  |əˈkaʊntɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word accounting
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to account

noun

- a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions
- a system that provides quantitative information about finances
- the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business (syn: accountancy)
- a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance (syn: account)
they send me an accounting every month

Extra examples

...what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?...

They send me an accounting every month.

He recently became a senior partner in the accounting firm.

It turns out that the company's report of record profits last year was due to some creative accounting.

...the advantages of the new accounting system are multifold...

...the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery...

Accounting clicks with his personality.

An in-depth knowledge of accounting is not necessary as training will be given.

In principle, the new software should make the accounting system a lot simpler.

'Why did she marry someone like that?' ' There's no accounting for taste.'

...I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner....

The most malleable of all laws is accounting law.

Under GAAP accounting, this thrift will show 110 million of net worth.

...he was gung ho about his accounting class...

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