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 |
creation creative activity | the human act of creating |
account | the quality of taking advantage, she turned her writing skills to good account |
account | importance or value, a person of considerable account, he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance |
creativity creativeness creative thinking | the ability to create |
accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances |
model theoretical account framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
pension plan pension account retirement plan retirement savings plan retirement savings account retirement account retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
individual retirement account IRA | a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement, taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred |
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 |
written record written account | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
report news report story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
explanation account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc., the explanation was very simple, I expected a brief account |
accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes, he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions |
report account | the act of informing by verbal report, he heard reports that they were causing trouble, by all accounts they were a happy couple |
accounting firm | a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee |
National Archives and Records Administration NARA | the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections |
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 |
score account | grounds, don't do it on my account, the paper was rejected on account of its length, he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful |
Cook Strait | a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand |
account executive account representative registered representative customer's broker customer's man | someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business |
artist creative person | a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination |
cook | someone who cooks food |
fry cook | a cook who specializes in fried foods |
goldbrick goof-off ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing no-account good-for-naught | an idle worthless person |
pastry cook | a chef who specializes in pastry |
thinker creative thinker mind | an important intellectual, the great minds of the th century |
Cook James Cook Captain Cook Captain James Cook | English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (-) |
mountain lily Mount Cook lily Ranunculus lyalii | showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand |
brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage, you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $, |
cash account | an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis |
custodial account | a brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minor |
margin account | an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit |
account accounting account statement | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance, they send me an accounting every month |
capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date |
capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities |
bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals, he moved his bank account to a new bank |
giro account | an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank |
savings account trust savings bank trust trust account trustee account Totten trust | a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime, afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary |
checking account chequing account current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
savings account | a bank account that accumulates interest |
time deposit account deposit account | a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest |