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Accounting

of Account

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Broader term 9

Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Explanation 76% connected

The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Occupation 76% connected

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use;…

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Narrower term 4

Audit 76% connected

An audience; a hearing.

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Bookkeeping 76% connected

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state…

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Entry 76% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Account 74% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Account 74% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing group 4

Account book 70% connected

A book in which accounts are kept.

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Book 70% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Ledger 70% connected

A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits fro…

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Leger 70% connected

Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

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Component part 1

Balance 70% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Synonym 2

Account 92% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Accountancy 92% connected

The art or employment of an accountant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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