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accountancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From account + -ancy.

Meanings

  1. (New-Zealand, Philippines, UK, often, uncountable) 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.
    • chartered accountancy
    • professional accountancy
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:accountancy.
    • accountancy firm
    • She studied accountancy before joining a firm.
  2. (countable) A company or organisation that performs such a function.

Forms

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Deriveds

forensic accountancy

Translations (35)

ky эсеп (the profession of accounting) · sw uhasibu (the profession of accounting) · ru счетово́дство (the profession of accounting) · ka ბუღალტერია (the profession of accounting) · ky бухгалтердик эсеп (the profession of accounting) · el λογιστική (the profession of accounting) · fy boekhâlde (the profession of accounting) · kk бухгалтерлік есеп (the profession of accounting) · de Buchführungswesen (the profession of accounting) · es contabilidad (the profession of accounting) · nl boekhouden (the profession of accounting) · ta கணக்கியல் (the profession of accounting) · ia contabilitate (the profession of accounting) · th การบัญชี (the profession of accounting) · ca comptabilitat (the profession of accounting) · uk бухгалте́рія (the profession of accounting) · fi laskentatoimi (the profession of accounting) · ru бухга́лтерский учёт (the profession of accounting) · ka ანგარიშწარმოება (the profession of accounting) · sh računovòdstvo (the profession of accounting) · pl rachunkowość (the profession of accounting) · pt contabilidade (the profession of accounting) · fr comptabilité (the profession of accounting) · tl palatuusan (the profession of accounting) · ro contabilitate (the profession of accounting) · sh рачуново̀дство (the profession of accounting) · cy cyfrifeg (the profession of accounting) · fi kirjanpito (the profession of accounting) · it contabilità (the profession of accounting) · uk рахівни́цтво (the profession of accounting) · ru бухгалте́рия (the profession of accounting) · gl contabilidade (the profession of accounting) · bg счетоводство (the profession of accounting) · ast contabilidá (the profession of accounting) · ka ბუხჰალტერია (the profession of accounting)