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RELATED WORDS : accounting data accounting entry accounting firm accounting principle accounting standard accounting system cost accounting generally accepted accounting practices government accounting office inventory accounting method of accounting united states government accounting office

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Noun accounting has 5 senses

• accounting(n = noun.communication) Array - a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions"
is a kind of account, explanation

• accounting(n = noun.cognition) Array - a system that provides quantitative information about finances; Array
is a kind of system, system of rules
has particulars: balance of international payments, balance of payments, current account
Derived form verb account₂

• accounting(n = noun.act) accountancy - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business; Array
is a kind of business, job, line, line of work, occupation
has particulars: cost accounting, bookkeeping, clerking, inventory accounting
Derived form verb account₂

• accounting(n = noun.possession) accounting system, method of accounting - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts; Array
is a member of account book, book, book of account, ledger, leger
has particulars: control account, accounting entry, entry, ledger entry, credit side, debit side, accrual basis, cash basis, pooling of interest, audit, audited account, limited review, review
is a kind of register
Derived form verb account₂

• accounting(n = noun.possession) account, account statement - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"
is a kind of financial statement, statement
has particulars: capital account, capital account, profit and loss, profit and loss account, suspense account, expense account, travel and entertainment account
has parts: balance
Derived form verb account₂

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THESAURUS

accounting

account, account rendered, accountancy, acta, analysis, annual, audit, auditing, automatic electronic navigation, bookkeeping, braking, brief, bulletin, census, census report, computation, coordination, cost accounting, cost system, cost-accounting system, counting, dactylonomy, double-entry bookkeeping, election returns, enumeration, fact distribution, foliation, forecasts, inspection, inventorying, manipulation, measurement, minutes, monetary arithmetic, nonlinear calibrations, numbering, numeration, output measurement, pagination, proceedings, processing, quantification, quantization, record keeping, report, returns, single-entry bookkeeping, statement, steering, supersonic flow detection, tally, tallying, telling, the record, transactions, yearbook

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Accounts

N accounts, accompts, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account, books, account book, ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet, compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts, bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning, audit, accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter, financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm, monetary, accountable, accounting, accounts, accompts, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account, books, account book, ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet, compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts, bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning, audit, accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter, financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm, monetary, accountable, accounting.

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