Accounting words
Some common words used in accounting
Nouns
accountant
acquisition
adjustment
adviser
agreement
allocation
allowance
amendment
analyst
approval
arrangement
asset
assumption
assurance
audit
auditing
auditor
benefit
billing
broker
calculation
circumstance
commission
compensation
component
consideration
consolidation
conversion
corporation
cost
currency
deduction
default
definition
depreciation
director
disclosure
disposal
distribution
dividend
earnings
employee
entity
entry
equity
estimate
exchange
exemption
expenditure
expense
filing
finance
firm
forecast
fraud
fund
gain
header
hedge
holder
incentive
income
inspection
inventory
investment
investor
invoice
issuance
issuer
item
journal
lease
ledger
liability
limitation
measure
merger
misstatement
node
objective
obligation
offering
parameter
participant
payment
pension
period
procedure
profit
proposal
prospectus
provision
proxy
purchasing
quantity
receipt
registrant
regulation
reporting
requirement
requisition
restriction
revenue
row
rule
section
share
shareholder
standard
statement
stock
stockholder
subsection
subsidiary
sum
supplier
tax
termination
transaction
unit
valuation
vendor
voucher
Verbs
account
acquire
adopt
amend
approve
arise
assign
associate
audit
base
calculate
consist
deem
define
disclose
entitle
estimate
evaluate
exceed
file
grant
incur
indicate
intend
issue
permit
process
record
relate
report
require
select
specify
Adjectives
accepted
advisory
aggregate
applicable
chargeable
combined
consolidated
deferred
financial
fiscal
interim
internal
material
net
ordinary
outstanding
payable
pending
preferred
principal
proposed
qualifying
receivable
registered
relevant
specified
third-party
Adjective/noun + noun
accounting entry
accounting period
accounting principle
annual meeting
annual report
asset management
audit client
audit committee
balance sheet
business unit
cash flow
check box
combined company
common stock
contract line
corporation tax
credit hour
effective date
exchange act
executive officer
fair value
financial information
financial institution
financial reporting
financial statement
fiscal year
following table
general ledger
hedge fund
income tax
internal control
investment adviser
investment company
journal entry
market value
material misstatement
material weakness
merger agreement
ordinary share
outstanding share
preferred stock
public accounting
purchase order
registration statement
revenue recognition
stock option