accounting
accounting
nounDefinition of ACCOUNTING
a statement given to explain a belief or act <what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?>
Related Words alibi, apologia, apology, defense, excuse, justification, vindication; appeal, plea; guise, pretense (or pretence), pretext, rationalization
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