accountancy

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US/əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/

noun

The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.

“accountancy firm”

Similar
accounting
OriginEnglish account ← Middle English acounte ← Anglo-Norman acunte →
Less commonScrabble 20
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Meanings

nounaccountancy (countable and uncountable, plural accountancies)

plural accountancies

  1. New ZealandPhilippinesUKoftenuncountableaccountingThe function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.

    accountancy firm

    4 more examples

    professional accountancy

    chartered accountancy

    She studied accountancy before joining a firm.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:accountancy.

  2. countableaccountingA company or organisation that performs such a function.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business

Similar
accounting
Broader
occupationbusinessjob
Also see
accounting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Latincomputō
  7. Old Frenchconter
  8. Old Frenchaconter
  9. Anglo-Normanacunte
  10. Middle Englishacounte
  11. Englishaccount
  12. Englishaccountancy

From account + -ancy.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian счетоводство
  • счетоводство (sčetovodstvo)the profession of accounting
Catalan comptabilitat
  • comptabilitatthe profession of accounting
Dutch boekhouden
  • boekhoudenthe profession of accounting
Finnish kirjanpito, laskentatoimi
  • kirjanpitothe profession of accounting
  • laskentatoimithe profession of accounting
French comptabilité
  • comptabilitéthe profession of accounting
German Buchführungswesen
  • Buchführungswesenthe profession of accounting
Greek λογιστική
  • λογιστική (logistikí)the profession of accounting
Italian contabilità
  • contabilitàthe profession of accounting
Polish rachunkowość
  • rachunkowośćthe profession of accounting
Portuguese contabilidade
  • contabilidadethe profession of accounting
Romanian contabilitate
  • contabilitatethe profession of accounting
Russian счетово́дство, бухгалте́рия
  • счетово́дство (sčetovódstvo)the profession of accounting
  • бухгалте́рия (buxgaltérija)the profession of accounting
  • бухга́лтерский учёт (buxgálterskij učót)the profession of accounting
Spanish contabilidad
  • contabilidadthe profession of accounting
Swahili uhasibu
  • uhasibuthe profession of accounting
Tagalog palatuusan
  • palatuusanthe profession of accounting
Tamil கணக்கியல்
  • கணக்கியல் (kaṇakkiyal)the profession of accounting
Thai การบัญชี
  • การบัญชี (gaan-ban-chii)the profession of accounting
Ukrainian бухгалте́рія, рахівни́цтво
  • бухгалте́рія (buxhaltérija)the profession of accounting
  • рахівни́цтво (raxivnýctvo)the profession of accounting
Welsh cyfrifeg
  • cyfrifegthe profession of accounting

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with accountancy

-ancy-cyprevenancy
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Cite this entry
APA

accountancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accountancy

MLA

“accountancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accountancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accountancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accountancy.

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