accounting
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3.2
- noun
- /əˈkaʊntɪŋ/
- Specialized
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contabilidad
- The accounting practices at the company ensure all financial records are accurate and up to date.
- financial accounting
- management accounting
- public accounting
I'm going to go do some accounting now at my desk.
- I'm going to go do some accounting now at my desk.
- Or two Bob from accounting gets blown up on the launchpad.
- And you you you change course to accounting.
- You know, I made this grave mistake of just not accounting properly.
- I mean, my accountings are terribly depressing.
- This, this is basically accounting CF OS auditing departments.
- It's not like accounting or doing, you know, life insurance.
- And they're on paper, it's a show in their lock box, another accounting metaphor and illustration.
Examples
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You know, studying accounting is a great thing to do.
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I work at Garfinkel's, in the accounting department.
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So there is a way to do all this accounting for people who care.
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I ended up changing my course and I went on to do accounting and finance.
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It's an accounting firm in New York.
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I work for Ross and White, the accounting firm.
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One class that was so surprisingly interesting was my accounting class in Business School.
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I'm going to go do some accounting now at my desk.
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They might be doing accounting, trying to solve some complex accounting issue.
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I graduated about six months ago with my accounting degree and spreadsheets are sexy.
Synonyms
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4.4
Work of keeping and checking financial records for organizations
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.7
A company that keeps and checks money records and helps with taxes for businesses and people
- Literature
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6.7
Use of legal methods to make a company's money situation look better than it really is
- Specialized
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3.8
A rule made by an official group that tells how to record money in company accounts
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3.9
A rule companies use to record and report the money they receive and pay
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5.1
A way for a company to record and study how much money it spends to make and sell products
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3.7
A set of rules accountants use to prepare financial reports
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2.8
Information kept in ledgers or spreadsheets that helps make financial reports
- Specialized
A number that compares two amounts in a company's accounts to show performance
- Formal
An independent U.S. agency that helps Congress check how the government spends public money
- Specialized
A way of recording and valuing goods a business has to manage them
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Accounting comes from an old root meaning 'to count', which you can see in the simple word count and in compute. So accounting is about counting and recording money and numbers, which is why it means the job or system of keeping financial records.