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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Deeming; esteeming; reckoning; rendering an account.

Accounting for, rendering an account; assigning the reasons; unfolding the causes.

Noun.

The act of reckoning or adjusting accounts.

accounting

accounting ‎(usually uncountable, plural accountings)

(accounting) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of a business or other organization.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.

Terms derived from the noun "accounting"

development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions

Indonesian: akunting
Italian: contabilità (it) f
Japanese: 会計 (ja) ‎(かいけい, kaikei), 経理 (ja) ‎(けいり, keiri), 会計学 (ja) ‎(かいけいがく, kaikeigaku)
Khmer: គណនេយ្យ (km) ‎(kʊənna’ney)
Macedonian: сметководство n ‎(smetkovodstvo)
Portuguese: contabilidade (pt) f
Romanian: contabilitate (ro) f
Russian: бухгалте́рия (ru) f ‎(buxgaltérija), счетово́дство (ru) ‎(sčetovódstvo) (slightly obsolete)
Slovak: účtovníctvo n
Spanish: contabilidad (es) f
Swedish: bokföring (sv) c, räkenskap c
Tagalog: dalubtuusan, palatuusan, tuusan
Tamil: கணக்கு வழக்கு ‎(kaṇakku vaḻakku)

accounting ‎(not comparable)