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accounting
noun(ac-count-ing)
the system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions and analyzing, verifying, and reporting the results; also : the principles and procedures of this system
accounting
noun(ac-count-ing)
work done in accounting or by accountants
accounting
noun(ac-count-ing)
an instance of applied accounting or of the settling or presenting of accounts
accounting
verb(ac-count-ing)
to furnish a justifying analysis or explanation —used with for
accounting
verb(ac-count-ing)
to be the sole or primary factor —used with for
accounting
verb(ac-count-ing)
to bring about the capture, death, or destruction of something —used with for
accounting
noun(ac-count-ing)
the systematic recording and analysis of the costs of material, labor, and overhead incident to production
accounting
idiom(ac-count-ing)
there is no way to understand why some people like something while other people do not

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