- present participle of account.
accounting
Example Sentences
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It’s ranked 12th among U.S. accounting firms, according to an Accounting Today report from March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Most recently, Chief Accounting Officer Laura Bartels sold 11,306 shares for roughly $392.70 each, or $4.4 million in total, on Tuesday.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The difficulty of determining exactly when infrastructure will need to be updated is part of the reason the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has so far declined to define future infrastructure costs as a liability.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Accounting rules allow instant markups that mislead investors — changes are needed.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Accounting thus became the basis for rational investment choices and made it possible to decide how to divide up the profits of a partnership.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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