accounting
playSimple Definition of accounting
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: the skill, system, or job of keeping the financial records of a business or person
Full Definition of accounting
1 : the system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions and analyzing, verifying, and reporting the results; also : the principles and procedures of accounting
2 a : work done in accounting or by accountants b : an instance of applied accounting or of the settling or presenting of accounts
3 : account 3
Examples of accounting in a sentence
<what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?>
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First Known Use of accounting
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Other Business Terms
ACCOUNTING Defined for Kids
accounting
playDefinition of accounting for Students
: the work of keeping a person's or a business's financial records
Law Dictionary
accounting
Legal Definition of accounting
1 : an often court-ordered presentment or examination of accounts <a complete accounting would be necessary to determine the nature of the expenditures — Case & Comment>
2 : the settlement by judicial action of the assets of a partnership (as upon dissolution)
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