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How to pronounce accounting in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms account, account statement
Type of financial statement, statement
Has types capital account, profit and loss, expense account, profit and loss account, travel and entertainment account, suspense account
Derivation account


they send me an accounting every month.
Type Words
Synonyms accountancy
Type of line, business, line of work, occupation, job
Has types inventory accounting, bookkeeping, cost accounting, clerking
Derivation account
Type Words
Synonyms accounting system, method of accounting
Type of register
Has types ledger entry, pooling of interest, limited review, audited account, cash basis, review, control account, credit side, debit side, entry, accounting entry, accrual basis, audit
Derivation account
Type Words
Type of account, explanation


he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions.
Type Words
Type of system, system of rules
Has types balance of international payments, balance of payments, current account
Derivation account

Examples of accounting

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The increase in the gap is a function of pension accounting as much as anything.
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By his accounting, though, Mejia left the department no better than he found it.
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Accounting may be dull, but as Kurokawa knows, it sure beats being a fishmonger.
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Under German accounting law, WCM can apply those losses to gains in real estate.
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It hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to implement international accounting standards.
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Yet even after Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco, he sided with the accounting industry.
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Retaliation claims rose again last year, accounting for 36 percent of the total.
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Young, a former stock analyst, and a professor of accounting fill out the panel.
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Audit partners at smaller accounting firms say their services are in hot demand.
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More examples
  • A convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions"
  • A system that provides quantitative information about finances
  • Accountancy: the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
  • A bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
  • Account: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"
  • (accountant) someone who maintains and audits business accounts
  • Accountancy is the art of communicating financial information about a business entity to users such as shareholders and managers. ...
  • Accounting is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. The contest began in the 1986-87 scholastic year.
  • The Accounting is a 1958 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall.