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accounting

[uh-koun-ting] / əˈkaʊn tɪŋ /
NOUN
keeping financial accounts
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Just accounting for rental clothes and flights, you should expect to spend about $4,000 for both weddings.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Publishing exec Jenny is well off, but nowhere near as wealthy as Marissa, who owns an accounting firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Housing was the single biggest driver behind demand accounting for more than 1,000 cases and affecting 474 clients.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Private-credit lenders are also increasing loan issuance fees and applying conservative underwriting to industries such as accounting due to AI threats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In the last centuries before 3000 B.C., developments in accounting technology, format, and signs rapidly led to the first system of writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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