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Definition of accountancy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accountancy

noun
 
/əˈkaʊntənsi/
 
/əˈkaʊntənsi/
[uncountable]
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  1. the work or profession of an accountant
    • She studied accountancy at university.
    • It had taken considerable ‘creative accountancy’ on my part to produce a set of figures that showed us making any profit at all.
    • the members of the different professional accountancy bodies
    Topics Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chartered
    • public
    • creative
    accountancy/​accounting + noun
    • firm
    • practice
    • body
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