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🤝 Making peace 📊 Making things match
reconcilement

reconcilement

6.8
The act of making accounts or ideas agree with each other
  • noun
  • /ˌrɛkənˈsaɪlmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reconciliación
  • The accountant is responsible for the monthly reconcilement of all company accounts.

Examples

  • The reconcilement of the two financial statements revealed several discrepancies.

  • The reconcilement of the accounts took several hours.

  • After much discussion, the reconcilement of their differing opinions was finally achieved.

  • The financial reconcilement was necessary for the audit.

  • The reconcilement of the two financial statements revealed several discrepancies.

  • After much discussion, the reconcilement of their differing opinions was finally achieved.

  • The accountant is responsible for the monthly reconcilement of all company accounts.

Synonyms

balancing
vsreconcilement
47 3.4

Making two sets of numbers, like accounts, match by checking and changing them

focuses on making things compatible rather than just adjusting quantities
reconciliation
vsreconcilement
  • Specialized
22 5.6

Making two sets of financial records agree

applies more broadly to making different things compatible not only records

Antonyms

discrepancy
76 5.6

A difference between two things that should be the same, like numbers or stories

inconsistency
30 4.8

A situation where things do not match or agree

How Consistent

harmonization
  • Specialized
1 5.5
reconcilement
  • Specialized
6.8
adjustment
  • Specialized
40 3.7
mismatch
21 3.6
discrepancy
76 5.6

Surface Forms

reconcilement singular
reconcilements plural

Morphology

reconcilement = reconcile (transparent) = reconcile + ment

The noun is formed by adding '-ment' to 'reconcile' to indicate the act or process of making things consistent, which directly matches this sense.

Etymology

Reconcilement comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and concili- 'bring together', like in council. So it means making two or more things agree or match, which is why we use it for matching accounts or ideas.