accounting

comptabilité

Travail consistant à enregistrer et vérifier l’argent reçu et dépensé par une personne ou une entreprise.

En anglais simple : The work of recording and checking money that a person or business receives and spends.

• She works in accounting.
• Our accounting software tracks every payment.
• He studied accounting before joining the family business.

Synonymes : accountancy, bookkeeping

Expressions courantes : accounting department, accounting software, study accounting

compte rendu, justification

Rapport qui explique en détail ce qui s’est passé ou pourquoi quelqu’un a agi d’une certaine manière.

En anglais simple : A detailed report explaining what happened or why someone acted in a certain way.

• We need a full accounting of events.
• She gave a detailed accounting of her actions.
• The report provides an accounting of how the money was spent.

Comment l'utiliser : an accounting of something (The manager demanded an accounting of the missing supplies.); an accounting for something (The committee requested an accounting for the delay.)

Synonymes : account, explanation, report

Expressions courantes : full accounting, accounting of something, give an accounting