accounting

Etymology

 * First attested in the late 14th century.

Noun

 * 1)  The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
 * 2) A relaying of events; justification of actions.
 * 3)  An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
 * 4) * 2020, Liu v. SEC (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18-1501), Justice Thomas dissenting:
 * In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting— a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement — has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits that belong to the plaintiff in equity.
 * In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting— a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement — has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits that belong to the plaintiff in equity.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: rekeningkunde
 * Arabic: مُحَاسِبَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: бухгалтэ́рыя
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 * Danish: bogføring,, regnskab
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: librotenado
 * Estonian: raamatupidamine
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 * Hindi: लेखांकन
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: akunting
 * Italian: ,
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 * Lao: ການບັນຊີ
 * Latvian: grāmatvedība
 * Lithuanian: apskaita
 * Macedonian: сметководство
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 * Polish: rachunkowość,
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 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рачуноводство
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: účtovníctvo
 * Slovene: računovodstvo
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 * Tagalog: dalubtuusan, palatuusan, tuusan
 * Tamil:
 * Thai: การบัญชี
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