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accounting  
Accounting is the activity of keeping detailed records of the amounts of money a business or person receives and spends.  n-uncount 
...the accounting firm of Leventhal & Horwath.  
 →  account 

cost accounting  
Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.  (BUSINESS)  n-uncount 
creative accounting  
Creative accounting is when companies present or organize their accounts in such a way that they gain money for themselves or give a false impression of their profits.  n-uncount 
 (disapproval)  Much of the apparent growth in profits that occurred in the 1980s was the result of creative accounting.  

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