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 |
seventeen-year locust
periodical cicada
Magicicada septendecim | North American cicada, appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take to years to mature |
two-year-old horse
two year old | a racehorse that is two years old |
three-year-old horse
three year old | a racehorse that is three years old |
| accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances |
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 |
| class year | a body of students who graduate together, the class of ', she was in my year at Hoehandle High |
| accounting data | all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement, can be hard copy or machine readable |
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 |
light year
light-year | the distance that light travels in a vacuum in year, . trillion miles or . trillion kilometers |
| sabbatical year | a sabbatical leave lasting one year |
church year
Christian year | the year in the ecclesiastical calendar, especially feast days and special seasons |
| Holy Year | (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every years) |
New Year's Eve
December | the last day of the year |
New Year's Day
New Year's
January | the first day of the year |
| New Year | the calendar year just begun |
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashonah
Rosh Hashona
Jewish New Year | (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the st or st and nd of Tishri, noted for the blowing of the shofar |
| year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun, a Martian year takes of our days |
| anomalistic year | time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, days and hr and min and . sec |
| year-end | the end of a calendar year, he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end |
common year
days | a year that is not a leap year |
leap year
intercalary year
days
bissextile year | in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by except centenary years divisible by |
| off year | a year in which no major political elections are held |
| off year | a year in which productivity is low or inferior |
calendar year
civil year | the year (reckoned from January to December ) according to Gregorian calendar |
solar year
tropical year
astronomical year
equinoctial year | the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes |
| lunar year | a period of lunar months |
fiscal year
financial year | any accounting period of months |
school year
academic year | the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying |
year twelvemonth
yr | a period of time containing (or ) days, she is years old, in the year |
| year | a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity, a school year |
| sidereal year | the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars |
great year
Platonic year | time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about , years |
season
time of year | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions, the regular sequence of the seasons |
| year dot | as long ago as anyone can remember, he has been a conductor since the year dot |
| year of grace | any year of the Christian era |
annual
one-year | completing its life cycle within a year, a border of annual flowering plants |
biennial
two-year | having a life cycle lasting two seasons, a biennial life cycle, parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals |
| year-end | taking place at the close of a fiscal year, year-end audit |
freshman
first-year | used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college), a freshman senator, freshman year in high school or college |
senior(a)
fourth-year | used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college, the senior prom |
junior(a)
third-year
next-to-last | used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college, the junior class, a third-year student |