accounting
The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial…The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
Buchhaltung
бухгалте́рияbuxgaltérija, счетово́дствоsčetovódstvo
бухгалте́ріяbuxhaltérija
(uncountable, usually)A relaying of events; justification of actions.
He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.
(uncountable, usually)An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
- a system that provides quantitative information about finances
- a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
- a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
- the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
Examples
37 sentencesTom is from accounting.
Том із бухгалтерії. — deniko
Tom works in the accounting department.
Tom worked in the accounting department.
You know Tom from accounting, don't you?
I work in an accounting office.
Translations
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Origin
* First attested in the late 14th century.* First attested in the late 14th century.
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Forms
plural: accountings| Singular | accounting |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts:accounting systemmethod of accounting
- the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business:accountancy
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance:accountaccount statement
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.