accounting

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accounting

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accounting (usually uncountable, plural accountings)

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
- 2020, Liu v. SEC (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18-1501), Justice Thomas dissenting:
  In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting— a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement — has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits that belong to the plaintiff in equity.

Terms derived from the noun "accounting"

development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions

Afrikaans: rekeningkunde
Arabic: مُحَاسِبَة‎ f (muḥāsiba)
Armenian: հաշվապահություն (hy) (hašvapahutʿyun), տոմարակալություն (hy) (tomarakalutʿyun) (Western Armenian)
Belarusian: бухгалтэ́рыя f (buxhaltéryja)
Burmese: စာရင်းကိုင်ပညာ (my) (carang:kuingpa.nya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 會計 (zh), 会计 (zh) (kuàijì), 會計學 (zh), 会计学 (zh) (kuàijìxué)
Czech: účetnictví (cs) n
Danish: bogføring c, bogholderi n, regnskab n
Dutch: boekhouding (nl) f
Esperanto: librotenado
Estonian: raamatupidamine
Finnish: kirjanpito (fi), laskentatoimi (fi)
French: comptabilité (fr) f
German: Buchhaltung (de) f
Greek: λογιστική (el) f (logistikí)
Hindi: लेखांकन m (lekhāṅkan)
Hungarian: könyvelés (hu), számvitel (hu)
Indonesian: akunting
Italian: contabilità (it) f, bilancio (it) m
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) (kŭənnaʼnɨy)
Korean: 회계 (ko) (hoegye)