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accountancy

accountancy

3 4.4
Work of keeping and checking financial records for organizations
  • noun
  • /əˈkaʊntənsi/
  • UK
translation icon : contabilidad
  • The accountancy profession plays a crucial role in ensuring transparency in financial reporting for companies.
  • accountancy profession
  • Accountancy & Business
  • accountancy professionals

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Examples

  • I am going to apply for the Master of Accountancy at Carlson Business School.

    Blog text (19)
  • Bryan just started in accountancy.

  • But accountancy is quite exciting.

  • I think I can say without doubt, the ideal job for you is accountancy.

  • Do these standards serve the needs of the accountancy profession?

    Academic text (2004)
  • It's basic accountancy, basic spending controls, not printing too much money, not spending too much.

  • Almost all the countries have their own Accountancy Association, which controls the excellence and number of the professionals in this field.

    Blog text (22)
  • Kabti, whose background is in accountancy, spent more than three decades living in California.

    Blog text (28)
  • Twenty-one graduate students pursuing a Master's of Professional Accountancy degree at a land-grant university in the southern United States participated in this study.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Knowledge of electronic spreadsheets is also required for all new entrants into the accountancy profession in New Zealand (NZSA 1989).

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

accounting
vsaccountancy
  • Specialized
199 3.2

Keeping and checking records and reports about a business's money

is chiefly the professional activity of keeping and examining records and preparing reports

How Complex

to audit
  • Specialized
17 4.2
accountancy
  • UK
3 4.4
bookkeeping
  • Specialized
26 3.0

Surface Forms

accountancy singular
accountancies plural

Morphology

accountancy = account (transparent) = account + ancy

Formed from 'account' with the noun-forming suffix '-ancy' to denote the profession or practice of keeping accounts, which learners can infer from 'account'.

Etymology

The word accountancy comes from account, which originally meant 'to count' and is the same idea as the familiar verb count. So accountancy is the job of 'counting and keeping records' of money and other business numbers.