accounting

noun

(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.

(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.

Roots

computocount- · Latin · reckon, count

Synonyms for accounting

accountancyn bookkeepingn auditingv transactionsn

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