- present participle of account.
accounting
Example Sentences
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Italy is second to Spain in the EU for desalination capacity, accounting for around 7.6 percent of daily EU production, according to data from the think tank The European House -- Ambrosetti.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Neither of those figures was calculated using generally accepted accounting principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
One surprising finding is that domestic cats are the leading vertebrate predator of these invasive mantises, accounting for 45% of recorded positive predation events.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
And spending jumps to $1,500 per kid when accounting for secondary sports.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He gave a scrupulous accounting to his brother and very soon plunged back into the routine of cockfights.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing accounting
Fish in a Tree
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 1-3
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"CLEP Financial Accounting," Vocabulary from Chapter 5
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