Look up: accounting

1. Accounting
   The administrative task of recording actual costs and expenditures so that comparisons may be made to budgets (planned costs and expenditures) for the sake of financial control.
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2. accounting
   [n] - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business 2. [n] - a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes 3. [n] - a system that provides quantitative information about finances
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3. Accounting
   Accounting is the process of creating the Accounts for a business, and for larger companies this may be fulfilled by a separate accounting departments. Smaller business may well perform most of the accounting themselves on a day-to-day basis, and then employ the services of an accountant for the more complex end-of-year requirements.
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4. accounting
   The principles and practice of systematically recording, presenting, and interpreting financial accounts; financial record keeping and management of businesses and other organizations, from balance...
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5. accounting
   charge Category: The European Communities
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6. accounting
   System of recording financial transactions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. accounting
   noun a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; `he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions`
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8. accounting
   noun a system that provides quantitative information about finances
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9. accounting
   method of accounting noun a bookkeeper`s chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
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10. accounting
    account statement noun a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; `they send me an accounting every month`
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11. Accounting
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Account
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12. accounting
    systematic development and analysis of information about the economic affairs of an organization. This information may be used in a number of ways: ... [3 related articles]
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13. Accounting
    - Recording and reporting of financial transactions, including the origination of the transaction, its recognition, processing, and summarization in the FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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14. accounting
    
    • a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
    • a system that provides quantitative information about finances
    • the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
    • a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
    • be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
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    • ACCOUNTING
      The recording, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions, and events of a financial character.
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    • accounting
      accounting, classification, analysis, and interpretation of the financial, or bookkeeping, records of an enterprise. The professional who supplies such services is known as an accountant. Auditing is an important branch of accounting.Sections in this article:IntroductionThe Role of the AccountantDev...
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    • accounting
      The principles and practice of systematically recording, presenting, and interpreting financial accounts; financial record keeping and management of businesses and other organizations, from balance sheets to policy decisions, for tax or operating purposes. Forms of inflation accounting, such as CCA (current cost accounting) and CPP (current pur...
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    • Accounting
      (UIL) `Accounting` is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. The contest began in the 1986-87 scholastic year. Accounting is designed to test students` understanding of general accounting principles and practices used in the business environment. E...
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