accounting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: accounting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for accounting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accounting n a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" a system that provides quantitative information about finances the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business Synonym(s): accountancy, accounting a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts Synonym(s): accounting, accounting system, method of accounting a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month" Synonym(s): account, accounting, account statement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Account \Account"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accounting}.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, [agrave] (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.] 1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.] The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon. 3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. Accounting* that God was able to raise him up. --Heb. xi. 19. 4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.