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accounting — ac‧coun‧ting [əˈkaʊntɪŋ] noun [uncountable] 1. ACCOUNTING JOBS the usual word for the profession of accountancy in the US 2. ACCOUNTING the work of keeping a company s financial records, recording its income and expenses, and its business deals:… … Financial and business terms
budgetary — bud‧get‧a‧ry [ˈbʌdʒtri ǁ teri] adjective [only before a noun] ECONOMICS relating to a budget and how much money is available to spend: • This is not the first year in which budgetary cuts have had to be made. • He hired an extra bodyguard, but… … Financial and business terms
Accounting reform — is an expansion to accounting rules that goes beyond the realm of financial measures for both individual economic entities and national economies. It is advocated by those who consider the focus of the present standards and practices wholly… … Wikipedia
budgetary control — ➔ control1 * * * budgetary control UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING ► a method of controlling an organization’s budget by regularly comparing records of how much money it earns, spends, and needs, and then making changes to the budget if necessary: »It… … Financial and business terms
accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… … Universalium
accounting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping of financial records Nouns 1. (act of accounting) accounting, accountance, accountancy, bookkeeping, audit, calculation (See numeration), commercial or business arithmetic; cost or managerial… … English dictionary for students
Budgetary Slack — The intentional allowance for extra expenditures in a future cash flow. Budgetary slack can take one of two forms: It can either underestimate the amount of income or revenue that will come in over a given amount of time, or overestimate the… … Investment dictionary
budgetary control — The process by which financial control is exercised within an organization. Budgets for income and expenditure for each function of the organization are prepared in advance of an accounting period and are then compared with actual performance to… … Accounting dictionary
budgetary control — The process by which financial control is exercised within an organization. Budgets for income and expenditure for each function of the organization are prepared in advance of an accounting period and are then compared with actual performance to… … Big dictionary of business and management
Fund Accounting — is an accounting system often used by nonprofit organizations and by the public sector. OverviewBecause there is no personal profit motive for owners or members of nonprofit organizations and organizations in the public sector, such as… … Wikipedia
