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preaccounting

preaccounting adjective: prior to accounting.

Adjective

preaccounting (not comparable)

  1. Prior to accounting.
    • A preaccounting unit overseeing the smooth connection between accounting and the front office was created within the complex derivative back office. […] What was carefully checked during the consultation period was the way in which what was paid out and received was communicated to the accounting...2011, Vincent Antonin Lépinay, Codes of Finance: Engineering Derivatives in a Global Bank, page 200

Origin of preaccounting

From pre- + accounting.

Questions about preaccounting

What does preaccounting mean?
Preaccounting means prior to accounting.
What part of speech is preaccounting?
Preaccounting is an adjective.

Words near preaccounting in the dictionary

  1. preacceptance
  2. preaccepted
  3. preaccepting
  4. preaccepts
  5. preacclimation
  6. preaccounting
  7. preaccreditation
  8. preaccumulate
  9. preaccumulated
  10. preaccumulates
  11. preaccumulating

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