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accounting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Account \Ac*count"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accounted}; p. pr & vb n. {Accounting}.] [OE. acounten accompten OF aconter [`a] (L. ad) + conter to count F. conter to tell compter to count L. computare See {Count}, v. t.] 1. To reckon; to compute; to count [Obs.] The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of to assign; -- with to [R.] --Clarendon. 3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. Accounting that God was able to raise him up --Heb. xi 19. 4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accounting n 1: a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" 2: a system that provides quantitative information about finances 3: the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business [syn: {accountancy}] 4: a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts [syn: {accounting system}, {method of accounting}] 5: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month" [syn: {account}, {account statement}]
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