cookie-jar accounting
An accounting practice in which a company takes a quantity of large reserves from an…An accounting practice in which a company takes a quantity of large reserves from an economically successful year and incurs them against losses from less successful years.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An accounting practice in which a company takes a quantity of large reserves from an economically successful year and incurs them against losses from less successful years.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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