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shadow accounting

shadow accounting noun: the practice of maintaining financial records and calculations in a separate system from official sources.

Noun

shadow accounting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of maintaining financial records and calculations in a separate system from official sources.

Questions about shadow accounting

What does shadow accounting mean?
Shadow accounting means the practice of maintaining financial records and calculations in a separate system from official sources.
What part of speech is shadow accounting?
Shadow accounting is a noun.

Words near shadow accounting in the dictionary

  1. shadouf
  2. shadoufs
  3. Shadouge
  4. shadow
  5. shadow account
  6. shadow accounting
  7. shadow accounts
  8. shadow acne
  9. shadow AI
  10. shadow ban
  11. shadow band

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