English Explanatory Dictionary

accounting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of account
noun
  1. The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
  2. A relaying of events; justification of actions.
  3. An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.

Pronunciation

/əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accounting.wav

Word forms

accounting accountings

Etymology

* First attested in the late 14th century. * account + -ing

Related words

accountancy

Derived words

accounting cost accounting equation accountingese accounting machine accounting period accounting profit accounting year cookie-jar accounting creative accounting financial accounting forensic accounting funny accounting green accounting Hollywood accounting management accounting nonaccounting Pereira accounting preaccounting project accounting pushdown accounting shadow accounting tax accounting Van Camp accounting
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