overfoot
overfoot verb: to assign a column summary that is greater than the sum of all the entries in that column.
Verb
overfoot (third-person singular simple present overfoots, present participle overfooting, simple past and past participle overfooted)
- To assign a column summary that is greater than the sum of all the entries in that column.
- Another device is to underfoot the accounts receivable column and the net cash column in the record of cash receipts and to underfoot the debit or overfoot the credit side of one or more accounts in the customer's ledger by equal amounts.1932, Frank Hatch Streightoff, Advanced Accounting, page 140
- Stay away from the client or taxpayer who conceals, pads, overstates or understates, alters, duplicates, overfoots or underfoots, diverts, manipulates, omits, falsifies and flagrantly disregards the IRS regulations.1980, The CPA Journal - Volume 50
- Antonyms:
- underfoot
Antonyms of overfoot
Forms of overfoot
| third-person singular present | overfoots |
|---|---|
| present participle | overfooting |
| past participle | overfooted |
| past | overfooted |
Origin of overfoot
From over- + foot.
Questions about overfoot
- What does overfoot mean?
- Overfoot means to assign a column summary that is greater than the sum of all the entries in that column.
- What part of speech is overfoot?
- Overfoot is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overfoot?
- The past tense of overfoot is overfooted.
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