a complex of methods or rules governing behavior

keep an account of

a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year

that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments

debits and credits are not equal

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.

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

(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

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset