accountancy

Meaning

1. (British, New-Zealand, Philippines, often, uncountable) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
2. (countable) A company or organisation that performs such a function.

Synonyms

accounting

accountant

accounts

bookkeeping

treasurer

Translations

comptabilité

contabilidad

contabilità

comptabilitat

Rechnungswesen

contabilidade

λογιστική

ragioneria

accountancy

boekhouding

Buchhaltung

Buchführung

contaduría

Buchführungswesen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ə.ˈkaʊnt.ən.si/

Etymology

From account + -ancy.