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

accounting (usually uncountable, plural accountings)

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
• financial accounting
• management accounting

Translations

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 n
• Danish: bogføring c, bogholderi n, regnskab n
• Dutch: boekhouding (nl) f
• 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
• 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) (kŭənnaʾnəy)
• Korean: 회계 (ko) (hoegye)

• Lao: ການບັນຊີ (kān ban sī)
• Latvian: grāmatvedība f
• Lithuanian: apskaita f
• Macedonian: сметководство n (smetkovodstvo)
• Malay: perakaunan
• Persian: حسابداری‎ (fa) (hesâbdâri)
• Polish: rachunkowość f
• Portuguese: contabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: contabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: бухгалте́рия (ru) f (buxgaltérija), счетово́дство (ru) (sčetovódstvo) (slightly obsolete)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рачуноводство n

  Roman: računovodstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: účtovníctvo n
• Slovene: računovodstvo n
• Spanish: contabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: bokföring (sv) c, räkenskap c
• Tagalog: dalubtuusan, palatuusan, tuusan
• Tamil: கணக்கு வழக்கு (kaṇakku vaḻakku)
• Thai: การบัญชี (gaan-ban-chii)
• Ukrainian: бухгалте́рія (uk) f (buxhaltérija)
• Vietnamese: kế toán (vi)

Adjective

accounting (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to accounting.

   General accepted accounting principles

See also

• accountancy