accounting
The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
Noun 3 meanings
The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
“He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.”
An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
Etymology
* First attested in the late 14th century. * account + -ing
ACCOUNTING at a glance
ACCOUNTING has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + C 3 + O 1 + U 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 21 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,264 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with accounting
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- ACCOURTING15
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