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accountancy noun

  /əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/
  • (uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) 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.
comptabilité

account noun

  /əˈkaʊnt/
  • (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. [from c. 1300]
compte, rapport, récit
  • Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
  • (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
compte
  • A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
compte, récit

accountant noun

  /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ , [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ]
  • A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
  • (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
comptable
  • (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
comptable, expert-comptable

accountable adjective

  /əˈkaʊntəbl̩/
  • Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
  • Liable to be called on to render an account.
responsable
  • (rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
expliquable

accountability noun

  /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ , /əˌkæɔn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ , [əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] , [əˌkæɔn.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
  • The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
responsabilité, engagement responsable, obligation de rendre compte, obligation de rendre des comptes

accounting noun

  /əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/
  • (business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
comptabilité

accounts

comptabilité

accountably

responsablement
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