practice
pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior, it is their practice to give annual raises, they changed their dietary pattern |
| practice praxis | translating an idea into action, a hard theory to put into practice, differences between theory and praxis of communism |
exhibition game
practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing |
law
practice of law | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system, he studied law at Yale |
medicine
practice of medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries, he studied medicine at Harvard |
accountancy
accounting | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
| cost accounting | keeping account of the costs of items in production |
| inventory accounting | accounting that controls and evaluates inventory |
| practice | the exercise of a profession, the practice of the law, I took over his practice when he retired |
| dental practice | the practice of dentistry |
| law practice | the practice of law |
| medical practice | the practice of medicine |
family practice
family medicine | medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit |
| group practice | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources |
| private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee, he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice, lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive |
sexual activity
sexual practice
sex
sex activity | activities associated with sexual intercourse, they had sex in the back seat |
exercise practice drill
practice session
recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions, practice makes perfect |
skull session
skull practice | teaching strategy to an athletic team |
| target practice | practice in shooting at targets |
| practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
| accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances |
| practice | knowledge of how something is usually done, it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner |
accounting principle
accounting standard | a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions |
| accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes, he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions |
| accounting firm | a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee |
generally accepted accounting principles
GAAP | a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice, includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures |
Government Accounting Office
GAO
United States Government Accounting Office | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States |
| accounting data | all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement, can be hard copy or machine readable |
student teacher
practice teacher | a college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in education |
account accounting
account statement | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance, they send me an accounting every month |
entry
accounting entry
ledger entry | a written record of a commercial transaction |
accounting accounting system
method of accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business, forms part of a ledger of accounts |
bundle
practice bundling | sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed |
drill
exercise
practice
practise | learn by repetition, We drilled French verbs every day, Pianists practice scales |
rehearse
practise
practice | engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| commit practice | engage in or perform, practice safe sex, commit a random act of kindness |
| practice apply use | avail oneself to, apply a principle, practice a religion, use care when going down the stairs, use your common sense, practice non-violent resistance |
practice
practise
exercise
do | carry out or practice, as of jobs and professions, practice law |
out of practice(p)
rusty | impaired in skill by neglect |
| in practice | in practical applications, will this work in practice? |