accounting en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
* First attested in the late 14th century. * account + -ing
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees.
1957 November 14, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:
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(uncountable, usually) A relaying of events; justification of actions.
He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.
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(uncountable, usually) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting— a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement — has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits that belong to the plaintiff in equity.
2020, Liu v. SEC (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18-1501), Justice Thomas dissenting
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| accountings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
accounting period · cookie-jar accounting · pushdown accounting · accountingese · nonaccounting · shadow accounting · financial accounting · accounting machine · project accounting · accounting equation · funny accounting · tax accounting · management accounting · forensic accounting · Van Camp accounting · accounting year · preaccounting · accounting cost · Hollywood accounting · green accounting · creative accounting · accounting profit · Pereira accounting
Translations (57)
et raamatupidamine (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · th การบัญชี (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · sv bokföring (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · tl palatuusan (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · fi kirjanpito (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · be бухгалтэ́рыя (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · uk бухгалте́рія (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · sh računovodstvo (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · tl tuusan (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · da regnskab (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · sk účtovníctvo (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · mk сметководство (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ja 会計 (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · cs účetnictví (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · pl księgowość (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · hu könyvelés (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ja 会計学 (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · sl računovodstvo (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · af rekeningkunde (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · sh рачуноводство (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ko 회계 (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ja 経理 (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · lv grāmatvedība (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · nl boekhouding (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ro contabilitate (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · lt apskaita (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · my စာရင်းကိုင်ပညာ (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · id akunting (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · hy հաշվապահություն (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · da bogføring (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · km គណនេយ្យ (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ar مُحَاسِبَة (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ru бухгалте́рия (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ru счетово́дство (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · da bogholderi (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · vi kế toán (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · de Buchhaltung (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · fr comptabilité (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · hu számvitel (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · it bilancio (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · lo ການບັນຊີ (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · sv räkenskap (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · fi laskentatoimi (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · el λογιστική (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · hy տոմարակալություն (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · hi लेखाकरण (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · eo librotenado (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · pl rachunkowość (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · tl dalubtuusan (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · es contabilidad (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · pt contabilidade (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ms perakaunan (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · cmn 會計 /会计 (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · fa حسابداری (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · ta கணக்கு வழக்கு (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · cmn 會計學 /会计学 (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) · it contabilità (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions)