| imbalanced | | |
| adj. | 1. imbalanced, unbalanced | being or thrown out of equilibrium. |
| ~ labile | liable to change.; "an emotionally labile person" |
| accounting | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes.; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" |
| ~ explanation, account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances. |
| ~ internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.. |
| ~ system of rules, system | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior.; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" |
| ~ unearned income, unearned revenue | (accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet). |
| ~ straight-line method, straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life. |
| ~ write-down, write-off | (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset. |
| ~ goodwill, good will | (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets). |
| ~ balance of international payments, balance of payments | a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year.; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out" |
| ~ current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments. |
| ~ limited review, review | (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data. |
| ~ inventory | (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods. |
| ~ debit | enter as debit. |
| ~ unbalanced | debits and credits are not equal. |
| n. (act) | 3. accountancy, accounting | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business. |
| ~ job, line of work, occupation, business, line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ cost accounting | keeping account of the costs of items in production. |
| ~ bookkeeping, clerking | the activity of recording business transactions. |
| ~ inventory accounting | accounting that controls and evaluates inventory. |
| ~ carry forward, carry over | transfer from one time period to the next. |
| n. (possession) | 4. 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. |
| ~ account book, book of account, ledger, leger, book | a record in which commercial accounts are recorded.; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" |
| ~ control account | an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger. |
| ~ accounting entry, ledger entry, entry | a written record of a commercial transaction. |
| ~ credit side | account of payments received; usually the right side of a financial statement. |
| ~ debit side | account of payments owed; usually the left side of a financial statement. |
| ~ accrual basis | a method of accounting in which each item is entered as it is earned or incurred regardless of when actual payments are received or made. |
| ~ cash basis | a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made. |
| ~ pooling of interest | an accounting method used in the merging of companies; the balance sheets are added together item by item; this method is tax-free. |
| ~ audit, audited account | an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA. |
| ~ limited review, review | (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data. |
| ~ register | a book in which names and transactions are listed. |
| n. (possession) | 5. account, account statement, accounting | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance.; "they send me an accounting every month" |
| ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. |
| ~ capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date. |
| ~ capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities. |
| ~ profit and loss, profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss. |
| ~ suspense account | an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification. |
| ~ balance | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. |
| ~ expense account, travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses. |
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