Accounting
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aberrance; aberrancy; aberration; deviance
a state or condition markedly different from the norm

abrogation; repeal; annulment
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

account; business relationship
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account"

accountancy; accounting
the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business

accounting
a system that provides quantitative information about finances

accounting; accounting system; method of accounting
a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

activate
make active or more active; "activate an old file"

advance; cash advance
an amount paid before it is earned

adviser; advisor; consultant
an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala"

advocate; counsel; counselor; counsellor; counselor-at-law; pleader
a lawyer who pleads cases in court

affiliate
a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates"

agio; agiotage; premium; exchange premium
a fee charged for exchanging currencies

alliance; coalition; alignment; alinement
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

allowance
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous"

amalgamation; merger; uniting
the combination of two or more commercial companies

annuity; rente
income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

anomaly; anomalousness
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

appeal
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court"

appraisal; assessment
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

appreciation; grasp; hold
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

armory; armoury; inventory
a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

arrangement; organization; organisation; system
an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"

assets
anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company

association
a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

attendance
the number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent"

authority; authorization; authorisation; potency; dominance; say-so
the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"