accounting

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈkaʊntɪŋ/

• Audio (UK)

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Verb

Plain form account

Third-person singular accounts

Past tense accounted

Past participle accounted

Present participle accounting

1. The present participle of account.

Noun

Singular accounting

Plural none

1. Accounting involves keeping records on financial information.
2. An accounting goes over an event that happened and the explanation for why it happened.

Related words

• accountant