Synonyms for accounting
əˈkaʊn tɪŋac·count·ing

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1. accountingnoun

   a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes

   "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions"

   Synonyms:
   account, method of accounting, accountancy, account statement, accounting system

2. accountingnoun

   a system that provides quantitative information about finances

   Synonyms:
   account, method of accounting, accountancy, account statement, accounting system

3. accountancy, accountingnoun

   the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business

   Synonyms:
   account, method of accounting, accountancy, account statement, accounting system

4. accounting, accounting system, method of accountingnoun

   a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

   Synonyms:
   account, method of accounting, accountancy, account statement, accounting system

5. account, accounting, account statementnoun

   a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance

   "they send me an accounting every month"

   Synonyms:
   score, accountancy, chronicle, report, method of accounting, story, business relationship, news report, account statement, explanation, bill, write up, invoice, account, accounting system, history

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1. List of paraphrases for "accounting":

   accountancy, accountants, accountant, accounts, ledger, gl, bookkeeping, comptables, bookkeeper, book, book-keeping, crediting, accountable, account, accountability, posting, carrying, recording, counting

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1. Marianne Baker:

   In all my years working for Senator Joe Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Tara Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades.

2. Hal Schroeder:

   The objective of this standard is to align the economics of lending with the accounting, if you have an expectation of loss, why should accounting ignore that?

3. State John Kerry:

   We are not fixated on Iran specifically accounting for what they did at one point in time or another, we know what they did.

4. Lisa Madigan:

   By choosing not to thoroughly investigate allegations, the Catholic Church has failed in its moral obligation to provide survivors, parishioners and the public a complete and accurate accounting of all sexually inappropriate behavior involving priests in Illinois, the failure to investigate also means that the Catholic Church has never made an effort to determine whether the conduct of the accused priests was ignored or covered up by superiors.

5. Phil Griffin:

   I wasn't involved in the accounting. Only the day to day political operations, look, it's a photocopy of a 10-year-old document. It's probably completely fabricated. I think it's all made up.