accountancy
English
/ə.ˈkaʊnt.ən.si/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable) A company or organisation that performs such a function.
Etymology
Suffix from English account.
Origin
English
account
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- account English
- account man English
- accountable English
- accountant English
- accounter English
- accountest English
- accounteth English
- accountholder English
- accounting English
- accountless English
- accountment English
- misaccount English
- multiaccount English
- reaccount English
- subaccount English
- account Italian
- account Dutch, Flemish
- аккаунт Russian
- アカウント Japanese
- account Middle English
- akaun Malay
- အကောင့် Burmese
- akaunti Swahili
- akunti Swahili
- akaun Tok Pisin
- acunte xno