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double counting

double counting noun: an error in accounting, probability studies, etc. whereby some object or transaction is counted more than once. Also the present participle and gerund of double count.

Noun

double counting (countable and uncountable, plural double countings)

  1. An error in accounting, probability studies, etc. whereby some object or transaction is counted more than once.
  2. A method in combinatorics that proves two expressions to be equal by demonstrating that they are different ways of counting the same set.

Also used as

double counting is also the present participle and gerund of double count.

Forms of double counting

pluraldouble countings

Questions about double counting

What does double counting mean?
Double counting means an error in accounting, probability studies, etc. whereby some object or transaction is counted more than once.
What part of speech is double counting?
Double counting is a noun.
What is the plural of double counting?
The plural of double counting is double countings.

Words near double counting in the dictionary

  1. double consciousness
  2. double copula
  3. double copulas
  4. double count
  5. double counted
  6. double counting
  7. double countings
  8. double counts
  9. double cousin
  10. double cousins
  11. double coverage

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