arithmetic; statistics &c (numeration) 85; money matters, finance,
budget, bill, score, reckoning, account.
books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book;
journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account;
account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu [Fr.], account
settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding
accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts.
bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning.
audit.
[person who keeps accounts] accountant, auditor, actuary,
bookkeeper, bean counter [Sarc.]; financier &c 801; accounting party;
chartered accountant, certified accountant; accounting firm, auditing
firm.
V. keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take
stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle
accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square,
square accounts.
bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify.
audit, field audit; check the books, verify accounts.
falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the
books, doctor an account.
Adj. monetary &c 800; accountable, accounting.