Thesaurus results for ACCOUNTING

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noun

ə-ˈkau̇n-tiŋ

Definition of accounting

as in explanation

a statement given to explain a belief or act what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?

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accounting

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verb

present participle of account

as in considering

to think of in a particular way account themselves lucky to be alive

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Recent Examples of accounting

Noun

The startup is working with accounting firms to finish its financial report by the end of December, a necessary step for the IPO filing, one person said. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 The groups also called for a full accounting of every agency and officer involved as well as the preservation of all body-camera footage, surveillance footage, and communications between the federal officials involved. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Verb

There are about 280 Grocery Outlet locations in California, accounting for more than half of its total store count. — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Higher-income households are now accounting for a larger share of total departures from the state. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for accounting

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accounting

Noun

People offered explanations for how their ancestors used the artifacts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
The pat explanation for this shift is that people are just too busy, too broke, and too brain-melted to read serious books any more.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of explanation

Verb

The question comes after a Wall Street Journal report last week saying that Netflix executives were considering adding in live channels that continuously stream one program or certain genres, in an effort to boost viewer engagement.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
That’s dangerous, considering the National Institute on Aging estimates that up to 1 in 5 women 50 and up have it— in fact, 1 in 2 of these women will break a bone as a result.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

Doctors have a range of views regarding issues of both testosterone level monitoring as well as administration of TRT for low testosterone levels.

— Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Senate Bill 519 requires law enforcement agencies to publish records, video and audio files for the public regarding deaths that occur in law enforcement custody, including jail deaths.

— Theresa Clift July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of regarding

Verb

For years, school administrators across the system used flawed methods to track graduation rates, often counting students who had transferred to other schools as dropouts.

— Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Both of these typically tokenize data into 1D or 2D sequences, which makes simple spatial tasks unnecessarily difficult—like counting unique chairs in a short video, or remembering what a room looked like an hour ago.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Definition of counting

Verb

The day before his team played in a World Cup semifinal, France coach Didier Deschamps tried shifting the pressure by calling his opponent, Spain, the favorite to win the tournament.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 July 2026
Prosecutors at the first trial argued that Dominguez was angry and spiraling at the time of the killings, calling the attacks a deliberate act of violence.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026