accountancy

English

Etymology

account +‎ -ancy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkaʊnt.ən.si/

Noun

accountancy (countable and uncountable, plural accountancies)

1. (uncountable, British, New Zealand, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
2. (countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.

Translations

the profession of accounting

• Asturian: contabilidá f
• Bulgarian: счетоводство (sčetovodstvo)
• Catalan: comptabilitat f
• Dutch: boekhouden (nl) n
• Finnish: kirjanpito (fi), laskentatoimi (fi)
• French: comptabilité (fr) f
• Galician: contabilidade (gl) f
• Georgian: ანგარიშწარმოება (angarišc̣armoeba), ბუღალტერია (buɣalṭeria), ბუხჰალტერია (buxhalṭeria)
• German: Buchführungswesen
• Interlingua: contabilitate
• Italian: contabilità (it) f
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• Kyrgyz: эсеп (ky) (esep), бухгалтердик эсеп (ky) (buhgalterdik esep)
• Polish: rachunkowość f
• Portuguese: contabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: contabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: счетово́дство (ru) n (sčetovódstvo), бухгалте́рия (ru) f (buxgaltérija), бухга́лтерский учёт (ru) m (buxgálterskij učót)
• Spanish: contabilidad (es) f
• Tagalog: palatuusan
• Thai: การบัญชี (gaan-ban-chii)
• Welsh: cyfrifeg
• West Frisian: boekhâlde n