English Explanatory Dictionary

accountancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
  2. A company or organisation that performs such a function.

Pronunciation

/əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accountancy.wav

Word forms

accountancy accountancies

Etymology

From account + -ancy.

Derived words

forensic accountancy

Translations

Asturian: contabilidá Bulgarian: счетоводство Catalan: comptabilitat Dutch: boekhouden Finnish: kirjanpito Finnish: laskentatoimi French: comptabilité West-Frisian: boekhâlde Galician: contabilidade Georgian: ანგარიშწარმოება Georgian: ბუღალტერია Georgian: ბუხჰალტერია German: Buchführungswesen Greek: λογιστική Interlingua: contabilitate Italian: contabilità Kazakh: бухгалтерлік есеп Kyrgyz: эсеп Kyrgyz: бухгалтердик эсеп Polish: rachunkowość Portuguese: contabilidade Romanian: contabilitate Russian: счетово́дство Russian: бухгалте́рия Russian: бухга́лтерский учёт Serbo-Croatian: рачуново̀дство Serbo-Croatian: računovòdstvo Spanish: contabilidad Swahili: uhasibu Tagalog: palatuusan Tamil: கணக்கியல் Thai: การบัญชี Ukrainian: бухгалте́рія Ukrainian: рахівни́цтво Welsh: cyfrifeg
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