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account
  1. (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review
  2. (banking) A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal.
  3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
  4. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive.
  5. (business) A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.
  6. A record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description.
  7. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
  8. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
  9. An authorization to use a service.
  10. (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
  11. Profit; advantage.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. story, narrative, description, narration, chronicle, report, statement, version, tale, recital, interpretation, portrayal, record, relation, delineation, exposition, rendition, sketch, telling, chronicling, detail, recountal, recounting, chronology, commentary, detailing, explanation, recitation, depiction, describing, impression, news, perspective, relating, side, take, view, communiqué, history, lowdown, make, rehearsal, storytelling, yarn, run-down, the picture, blow by blow, play by play, the whole picture, representation … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “Tyler has provided a detailed account of the events leading up to the incident to police.”
      “Her next piece in the journal will be an account of the five days she spent in jail in a foreign country.”
      “Once treatment has been completed, the surgery will send the account directly to your employer.”
accountant
  1. One who renders account; one accountable.
  2. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
  3. (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  4. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. bookkeeper, auditor, actuary, analyst, comptroller, calculator, clerk, examiner, reckoner, CPA, bean counter, book-keeper, certified public accountant, cost accountant, public accountant, statistician, number cruncher, certified public account, chartered accountant, treasurer, financial officer, financial executive, professional accountant … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Ask your accountant to inform your tax office as soon as possible that he or she is dealing with your case.”
accountability
  1. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for.
  2. (military) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. responsibility, answerability, liability, charge, imperative, obligation, burden, chargeability, commitment, culpability, duty, incumbency, accountableness, blameworthiness, office, blame, fault, guilt, onus, rap, culpableness, guiltiness, incrimination, buck, censure, legal responsibility, recrimination, amenability, ascription, aspersion, criminality, wrongdoing, malfeasance, condemnation, delinquency, wrongfulness, infamy, stigma, subjection, amenableness, compulsion, loyalty, fealty, task, job, function, business, obedience, allegiance, conscience … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “We retained a district sales manager with total accountability for driving sales.”
      “Her accountability is to the manager who is responsible for the region in which she is currently working.”
      “Acceptability in the international legal community necessitates accountability.”
accounting
  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.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. accountancy, bookkeeping, auditing, calculating, computing, reckoning, balancing the books, recording, narration, account, narrative, chronicle, description, report, telling, recital, recitation, relation, tale, chronology, commentaries, commentary, explanation, portrayal, record, recountal, storytelling, chronicling, detailing, describing, recounting, relating, rehearsal, reading, unfolding, voice-over, story, depiction, exposition, detail, version, run-down, interpretation, statement, blow by blow, delineation, impression, perspective, rendition, side … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “What transactions were considered and disregarded during the company's process of accounting?”
      “In his accounting of the history of Sufism, Bennett adopted a distinction between northern and southern Sufism in his teachings.”
      “What accounting can you give for this travesty?”
accountancy
  1. (uncountable, Britain, New Zealand, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements. Accounting includes bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
  2. (countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. accounting, bookkeeping, auditing, calculating, computing, reckoning, balancing the books, recording
  4. Examples:
      5. “At university, degrees in topics such as accountancy and architecture, or medicine and mechanical engineering are career orientated.”
      “The larger accountancy houses add consultancy and other services to their product mix.”
      “With ratios in some accountancy firms of one partner to 20 employees, trying to make the grade may seem like mission impossible.”
accounter
  1. A person providing an account of events.
  2. A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accountableness
  1. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. liability, responsibility, accountability, duty, answerability, onus, amenability, amenableness, compulsion, subjection, legal responsibility, obligation, commitment, charge, imperative, burden, incumbency, culpability, office, chargeability, blameworthiness, loyalty, fealty, obedience, allegiance, conscience, legal obligation, call of duty, good faith, pledge, moral obligation, faithfulness, fidelity, reverence, task, job, function, business, devoir, engagement, assignment, requirement, chore, promise, understanding, need, mission, trust, role, commission … more
accountantship
  1. The office or employment of an accountant.
accountholder
  1. Someone who has an account, as with a bank.
accountantships
  1. plural of accountantship
accountabilities
  1. plural of accountability
  2. Synonyms:
      3. responsibilities, answerabilities, liabilities, charges, imperatives, obligations, burdens, commitments, culpabilities, duties, incumbencies, accountableness, blameworthiness, offices, obediences, subordinations, deferences, reportings, conformances, duteousness, observances, subserviences … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “These external accountabilities are easier to meet because they tap into the power of social expectations.”
      “The formula could be agreed upon by all three levels of government with clear accountabilities consistent with their relative roles.”
      “The audit also found a lack of delineated accountabilities and fragmented systems for the transfer of funds to country offices.”
accountholders
  1. plural of accountholder
accountancies
  1. plural of accountancy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accountings, bookkeepings, auditings, computing, reckonings, recordings
accountants
  1. plural of accountant
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bookkeepers, auditors, actuaries, analysts, comptrollers, calculators, clerks, examiners, reckoners, CPAs, bean counters, certified public accountants, cost accountants, statisticians, number crunchers, treasurers, chartered accountants, cashiers, tellers, bursars, pursers, bankers, controllers, collectors, paymasters, assistants, officials, receivers, money men, quaestors, counterpersons, tax preparers, preparers … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “My long experience of accountancy has enabled me to meet countless accountants, through work and socially.”
      “The orientation of research and development staff is likely to differ from that of accountants.”
      “Financial control is not as popular with qualified accountants as it used to be.”
accountings
  1. plural of accounting
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accountancies, bookkeepings, auditings, computing, reckonings, recordings, narrations, accounts, narratives, chronicles, descriptions, reports, tellings, recitals, recitations, relations, tales, chronologies, commentaries, explanations, portrayals, records, recountals, storytellings, chroniclings, detailings, recountings, relatings, rehearsals, readings, unfoldings, voice-overs, details, depictions, stories, expositions, representations, briefs, delineations, rundowns, portraits, characterizations, explications, elucidations, versions, informations, pictures, renditions, summaries, illustrations … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Given the hortative intent of this paper, there is not the opportunity to provide a detailed rendition of accountings during the Irish famine.”
accounters
  1. plural of accounter
accounts
  1. plural of account
  2. Synonyms:
      3. balance sheet, books, financials, financial statement, ledger, records, profit and loss, profit and loss statement, annual report, assets and liabilities, account book, financial statements, log, book, paperwork, archives, files, record book, ledgers, balance sheets, financial records, accounting documents, financial documents, accounting statements, journal, record, register, daybook, financial details, registry, archive, reports, journals, budgets, annual reports, account, budget, report, logbook, results, book of account, financial record … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The auditor is here to have a look at our accounts.”
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