Associations to the word «Accountancy»

Wiktionary

ACCOUNTANCY, noun. (uncountable) (British) (NZ) (accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements. Accounting includes bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
ACCOUNTANCY, noun. (countable) (accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.

Dictionary definition

ACCOUNTANCY, noun. The occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne