accounting

Other forms of accounting

plural

accountings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about accounting

What does accounting mean?

accounting means "a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in accounting?

accounting has 3 syllables: ac-coun-ting. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /əˈkaʊntɪŋ/.

What is another word for accounting?

Close synonyms include accountancy, accounting system, method of accounting, account, account statement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accounting a common word?

accounting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with accounting?

2 words rhyme with accounting. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.