accounting
//əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- accountings
Definitions
1.The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
2.A relaying of events; justification of actions.
- He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.
3.An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
1.present participle and gerund of account
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accounting.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4952
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
* First attested in the late 14th century.
* account + -ing