English Dictionary

accounting

/ə.ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/

noun

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

I am studying accounting at university.

意味（1）

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

意味（2）

A relaying of events; justification of actions.

He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.

意味（3）

(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.

In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting— a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement — has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits that belong to the plaintiff in equity.