Synonyms for accounting

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-koun-ting

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkaʊn tɪŋ

Définition of accounting

Origin : "reckoning of numbers," late 14c., verbal noun from account (v.). Phrase no accounting for tastes (1823) translates Latin de gustibus non est disputandum.

noun keeping financial accounts

Example sentences :

It was not an accounting for what is, but for what it seemed possible to him might be.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

In other words, there is no accounting, thus far in the theory, for variation.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

And accounting him well warned by now, I read with confidence.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

It is not so much the getting the forage as the amount of accounting that is involved.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

Our forefathers had their own ways of accounting for each of these calamities.
Extract from : « On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge » by Thomas H. Huxley

“Well—go on with your accounting then,” I said, assuming an air of resignation.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

"You said you were in the accounting department," he urged impatiently.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

We must remember that Newton was a pioneer in accounting for the physical properties of light.
Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball

But there's no accounting for tastes, and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Janet immediately—what she would not have believed she would do—brought him to an accounting.
Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart

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