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accounting

[uh-koun-ting] / əˈkaʊn tɪŋ /
NOUN
keeping financial accounts
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In 2025, the EU was the Philippines’ fourth-largest trading partner, accounting for 8.3% of the country’s total trade in goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"Emerging and developing economies outside China receive only around 15% of global clean-energy investment, despite accounting for roughly two-thirds of the world's population," says Sinha.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Seven years at $7,000 a month is roughly $588,000 before accounting for increases in the cost of care.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

In fully accounting for every part of our relationship with Cosby’s many television personas, we only begin to get a sense of how extensively he hoodwinked millions of people.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018

He’d reached Stanford Hospital without ever taking a class in finance or accounting, let alone working for any Wall Street firm.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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