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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats