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accountancy

US/əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/

accountancy noun: the function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.

Noun

accountancy (countable and uncountable, plural accountancies)

  1. (New Zealand, Philippines, UK, often, uncountable) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
    • professional accountancy
    • chartered accountancy
  2. (countable) A company or organisation that performs such a function.

accountancy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

accountancy in Hindi

लेखाकारिता

accountancy in Tamil

the profession of accounting
கணக்கியல் kaṇakkiyal

accountancy in Urdu

محاسبی, منیمی, پیشہ حساب داری

accountancy in Telugu

అకౌంటెన్సీ
More languagesFewer languages
accountancy in Malayalam
കണക്കെഴുത്ത്, കണക്കപ്പിളള ഉദ്യോഗം
accountancy in Kannada
ಕರಣಿಕನ ವಿದ್ಯೆ, ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ ಲೆಕ್ಕ, ಲೇಖಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
accountancy in Punjabi
ਅਕਾਊਂਟੈਂਸੀ
accountancy in Gujarati
એકાઉન્ટન્સી
accountancy in Odia
ଆକାଉଣ୍ଟାନ୍ସି
accountancy in Nepali
एकाउन्टेन्सी
accountancy in Tagalog
palatuusan
accountancy in Thai
การบัญชี gaan-ban-chii

Examples of accountancy in a sentence

  • She studied accountancy before joining a firm.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:accountancy.

Forms of accountancy

pluralaccountancies

Origin of accountancy

From account + -ancy.

Words formed from accountancy

Questions about accountancy

What does accountancy mean?
Accountancy means the function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
What is accountancy in Hindi?
Accountancy in Hindi is लेखाकारिता. See Accountancy meaning in Hindi.
How do you use accountancy in a sentence?
She studied accountancy before joining a firm.
What part of speech is accountancy?
Accountancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce accountancy?
Accountancy is pronounced /əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/ (US).
What is the plural of accountancy?
The plural of accountancy is accountancies.

Words near accountancy in the dictionary

  1. accountable officer
  2. accountable officers
  3. accountableness
  4. accountably
  5. accountancies
  6. accountancy
  7. accountant
  8. accountant general
  9. accountant's lamp
  10. accountant's lamps
  11. accountant's letter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: accountancy (page history and authors); accountancy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountancy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountancy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountancy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountancy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountancy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountancy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountancy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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