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Accountancy   /əkˈaʊntənsi/   Listen
Accountancy

noun
1.
The occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business.  Synonym: accounting.






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"Accountancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... morning," said Captain Winstanley, coming into the hall, with a bundle of letters in his hand. "I shall go to my den, and do a morning's letter-writing and accountancy—unless you want me for a shy ...
— Vixen, Volume II. • M. E. Braddon

... going," he said, "Nick here will tell you what'll win the race." And with this hit at his eldest, who, as a pillar of accountancy, and director of an insurance company, was no more addicted to sport than his father had ever been, he departed. Dear Nicholas! What race was that? Or was it only one of his jokes? He was a wonderful man for his age! How many lumps would dear Marian take? And how were Giles and Jesse? ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... Of course we are regular pirates. None of the actuarial or accountancy corporations will admit women, so we can't pass exams and call ourselves chartered actuaries or incorporated accountants. But if women clients choose to consult us there is no law to prevent them, or to make our giving advice illegal. So we advise and estimate and ...
— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... impossible to get such laws through unless the original law exempts all persons by whatever name, who are practicing the art in question at the time the law is passed. Whether we are speaking of medicine, law, dentistry, accountancy, osteopathy, or barbering, this has been the history of compulsory restriction and of ...
— Civics and Health • William H. Allen

... for students matriculating for the whole course as candidates for a Diploma of Graduate in Accountancy—high school graduation, college entrance or a State ...
— College Teaching - Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College • Paul Klapper



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