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creative accounting

creative accounting noun: financial accounting practices which are usually not explicitly illegal, but which are unorthodox, imaginative, usually misleading, and of questionable ethics.

Noun

creative accounting (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous, sometimes) Financial accounting practices which are usually not explicitly illegal, but which are unorthodox, imaginative, usually misleading, and of questionable ethics.
    • Italy’s public deficit is within the EU limit of 3 per cent of GDP, but only with the help of some creative accounting by the Government’s number-crunchers.2002 December 23, R. Boyes, R. Owen, A. Sage, “Europe's economies face a winter of discontent”, in The Times, London

creative accounting meaning in Tamil

creative accounting in Tamil

புனைக்கணக்கு, பொய்க்கணக்கு

Questions about creative accounting

What does creative accounting mean?
Creative accounting means financial accounting practices which are usually not explicitly illegal, but which are unorthodox, imaginative, usually misleading, and of questionable ethics.
What is creative accounting in Tamil?
Creative accounting in Tamil is புனைக்கணக்கு, பொய்க்கணக்கு. See Creative accounting meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is creative accounting?
Creative accounting is a noun.

Words near creative accounting in the dictionary

  1. creationists
  2. creationless
  3. creationlessness
  4. creations
  5. creative
  6. creative accounting
  7. creative block
  8. creative blocks
  9. creative class
  10. creative classes
  11. Creative Commons

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