account
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a detailed record that a business keeps of the money it receives and spends in a particular period of time
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noun
a detailed record that a business keeps of the money it receives and spends in a particular period of time
to say how you have used, or how you will use, an amount of money that you are responsible for spending, especially in your job
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a record of how much money a company owes other people or companies for goods and services
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a document that gives details of the financial activities of a company or other organization over the past year
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someone whose job is to calculate the cost or value of something, for example so that tax can be paid on it
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someone whose job is to officially examine the financial records of a company, organization, or person to see that they are accurate
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a business manager or accountant who cares only about financial numbers and profits
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the official or expected value of a company or product, as calculated in accounts or stated in information about prices
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the rate at which a business takes in money through sales and pays it out for the things it needs to continue operating
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the practice of showing financial information in a way that gives a false idea but is not illegal
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a way of calculating the cost of a business decision that includes all its good and bad effects on, for example, the environment and people’s health, as well as the direct costs
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a period of twelve months that a company or organization uses to calculate how much profit it has made and how much it owes. The American word is fiscal year.
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the money that a company has, and anything else that can easily be sold in order to get money
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the activity of preparing and using financial information to support management decisions
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an examination of how well a company or organization is doing, done in order to help it to plan for the future
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a document that shows how much money was received and spent by a company during a particular period of time, and whether or not it made a profit
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one of four periods of three months that the year is divided into, especially when you are talking about financial accounts
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a financial document showing a company’s performance during a particular period of time
adjective
tangible properties or tangible assets are real things that a company has, such as buildings or equipment
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the amount by which the value of a product increases as it goes through the different stages of being made and sold
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the difference between the profit of a business before tax is paid, and its costs paid to other businesses
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adverb
to do calculations to check or show that you have not spent more money than you have received
to change accounts and figures dishonestly, usually in order to get money
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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