accounting

English

Etymology

• First attested in the late 14th century.
• account +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/

Verb

accounting

1. Present participle of account.

Noun

Wikipedia

accounting (uncountable)

1. (accounting) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of a business or other organization.
2. A relaying of events; justification of actions.

   He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "accounting"

creative accounting

Translations

development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions

• Afrikaans: rekeningkunde
• Arabic: محاسبة f (muHaasiba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會計, 会计 (zh) (kuàijì), 會計學, 会计学 (zh) (kuàijìxué)

• Czech: účetnictví n
• Danish: regnskab n
• Dutch: boekhouding (nl) f
• Finnish: kirjanpito (fi), laskentatoimi (fi)
• French: comptabilité (fr) f
• German: Buchhaltung f
• Hungarian: könyvelés (hu)

• Indonesian: akunting
• Japanese: 会計 (ja) (かいけい, kaikei), 経理 (ja) (けいり, keiri), 会計学 (かいけいがく, kaikeigaku)
• Khmer: គណនេយ្យ (km) (kʊənna’ney)
• Macedonian: сметководство n (smetkovódstvo)
• Portuguese: contabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: contabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: бухгалтерия (ru) f (buxgaltérija, buhaltérija), счетоводство (ru) (sčetovódstvo) (slightly obsolete)
• Spanish: contabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: bokföring (sv) c, räkenskap c
• Tagalog: pagtutuos
• Tamil: கணக்கு வழக்கு (kaṇakku vaḻakku)

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• Persian: حسابداری