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The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, Philippines, UK, often, uncountable
Topics: accounting, business, finance
Examples
professional accountancy chartered accountancy accountancy firm She studied accountancy before joining a firm. For quotations using this term, see Citations:accountancy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A company or organisation that performs such a function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accounting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: occupation, business, job, line of work, line
Narrower terms: cost accounting, bookkeeping, clerking, inventory accounting
Across languages
Translations 35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian :
contabilidá
— the profession of accounting
Bulgarian :
счетоводство
(sčetovodstvo)
— the profession of accounting
Catalan :
comptabilitat
— the profession of accounting
Dutch :
boekhouden
— the profession of accounting
Finnish :
kirjanpito
— the profession of accounting
Finnish :
laskentatoimi
— the profession of accounting
French :
comptabilité
— the profession of accounting
West-Frisian :
boekhâlde
— the profession of accounting
Galician :
contabilidade
— the profession of accounting
Georgian :
ანგარიშწარმოება
(angarišc̣armoeba)
— the profession of accounting
Georgian :
ბუღალტერია
(buɣalṭeria)
— the profession of accounting
Georgian :
ბუხჰალტერია
(buxhalṭeria)
— the profession of accounting
German :
Buchführungswesen
— the profession of accounting
Greek :
λογιστική
(logistikí)
— the profession of accounting
Interlingua :
contabilitate
— the profession of accounting
Italian :
contabilità
— the profession of accounting
Kazakh :
бухгалтерлік есеп
(buxgalterlık esep)
— the profession of accounting
Kyrgyz :
эсеп
(esep)
— the profession of accounting
Kyrgyz :
бухгалтердик эсеп
(buhgalterdik esep)
— the profession of accounting
Polish :
rachunkowość
— the profession of accounting
Portuguese :
contabilidade
— the profession of accounting
Romanian :
contabilitate
— the profession of accounting
Russian :
счетово́дство
(sčetovódstvo)
— the profession of accounting
Russian :
бухгалте́рия
(buxgaltérija)
— the profession of accounting
Russian :
бухга́лтерский учёт
(buxgálterskij učót)
— the profession of accounting
Serbo-Croatian :
рачуново̀дство
— the profession of accounting
Serbo-Croatian :
računovòdstvo
— the profession of accounting
Spanish :
contabilidad
— the profession of accounting
Swahili :
uhasibu
— the profession of accounting
Tagalog :
palatuusan
— the profession of accounting
Tamil :
கணக்கியல்
(kaṇakkiyal)
— the profession of accounting
Thai :
การบัญชี
(gaan-ban-chii)
— the profession of accounting
Ukrainian :
бухгалте́рія
(buxhaltérija)
— the profession of accounting
Ukrainian :
рахівни́цтво
(raxivnýctvo)
— the profession of accounting
Welsh :
cyfrifeg
— the profession of accounting
