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The English Alphabet

THE ENGLISH ALPHABET

A

а

N

n

B

b

O

o

C

c

P

p

D

d

Q

q

E

e

R

r

F

f

S

s

G

g

T

t

H

h

U

u

I

i

V

v

J

j

W

w

K

k

X

x

L

l

Y

y

M

m

Z

z

Grammatical and Stylistic Labels

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GRAMMATICAL AND STYLISTIC LABELS

A a. also

abbrev. abbreviated, abbreviation ACCT Accounting

ACCT & BKG Accounting & Bookkeeping

ACCT, FIN & BKG Accounting, Finance & Bookkeeping ACCT & FIN / SE (on the LSE) Accounting & Finance / Stock

Exchange (on the London Stock Exchange)

ADT Auditing a.k.a. also known as

AmE American English ant. antonym

arch. archaic

Austral Australia, Australian

B

Bank & ACCT Banking & Accounting

Bank Banking

Bank & FIN Banking & Finance

BKG Bookkeeping

BrE British English

Brit. Britain, British

Brit. fml British formal

Brit. infml British informal

Bus./Com Business / Commerce

Bus./Ind Relat & HR Terms Business/Industrial Relations & HR Terms

Bus./Prof. Business / Professions

13 Grammatical and Stylistic Labels

C

Can. Canada, Canadian

cf. confer/conferatur (L., compare) chiefly — chiefly

chiefly AmE chiefly American English chiefly and Can. chiefly and Canadian chiefly BrE chiefly British English chiefly Can. chiefly Canadian

colloq. colloquial Com. Commerce

Commentary — Commentary

Comp Computing

CS Computer Science

D

Dial. Dialect

E

Econ. Economics

Econ. / PE Economics / Political Economy

EDN Education

e.g. exempli gratia (L., for example)

ELEC & CS Electronics & Computer Science

Eng. England, English EP Endowment policy esp. especially

esp. in the phr. especially in the phrase

esp.US and Can. especially in the United States and Canada etc. et cetera (L., and so on, and so forth)

F

F ADT Financial Auditing

FA Financial Accounting

FB followed by

FIN Finance

FIN/SE Finance/ Stock Exchange fml formal

form. formerly Fr. French

Grammatical and Stylistic Labels

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G

Govt, POL & DIPL Government, Politics & Diplomacy

Govt, POL & DIPL, ECON, ACCT & FIN/ACCT & BKG in Can.

Government, Politics & Diplomacy, Economics, Accounting & Finance/Accounting & Bookkeeping in Canada

I

id. idem (L., same) i.e. id est (L., that is)

in comb. in combination infml informal

in Parl. in Parliament

Ins. Insurance

L

L Law

L. Latin

L, FIN, Bus. Law, Finance, Business

LI Life Insurance

LING Linguistics

M

M modifier

Math. Mathematics MED Medicine mtg. Mortgage

N n noun

normal — normal

noun phrase(s) — noun phrase(s)

obs.OObsolete oft. often

oft. FB often followed by oft. pl. often plural

oft. used in pl. often used in plural

15 Grammatical and Stylistic Labels

P

Parl. Parliament phr. phrase

phr v phrasal verb pl. plural

PYMT Payment

Q

QED quod erat demonstrandum (L., a fact or event proves that what you say is true)

R

R. rare

R & D Research & Development

S

sb somebody

short for — short for sing. singular

sing. & pl. singular and plural SS/EDN Social Science/Education

SS/EDN Austral, US, and Can. Social Science/Education in Australia, the United States, and Canada

sth something syn. synonym(s)

T

T Taxation Tech. Technical

U

us. usual, usually

us. FB usually followed by us. pl. usually plural

Usage — Usage

Usage Note — Usage Note

Grammatical and Stylistic Labels

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V v verb

verbal noun — verbal noun verbal phrase — verbal phrase

Vid videlicet; L. a contraction from a Latin phrase videre licet

(= it is permitted to see), see

W

when, oft. FB when, often followed by

AAA

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account

THE A TO Z OF AUDIT TERMS

Aa

AAA abbrev­ . AmE Vid American Accounting Association, the AmE

AAG abbrev­ . AmE Vid Audit and Accounting Guides AmE

AB abbrev. Vid absolute beginner noun phrase in: novice n

absolute beginner nounphrase in: novice n

AC abbrev. Vid audit committee noun phrase

account n abbrev­ . ACCT 1) FIN a/ a business relationship be- tween a bank, department store, stockbroker, etc., and a depositor, customer, or cli- ent permitting the latter cer- tainbankingorcreditservices;­

b/ the sum of money depos- ited at a bank;

c/ the amount of credit avail- abletotheholderofanaccount;­

d/ a record of these;

2) a statement of monetary transactions with the result- ing balance;

3) ACCT & FIN / SE (on the

LSE) the period, ordinarily of a fortnight’s duration, in which transactions formerly took place and at the end of which settlements were made; 4) ACCT & BKG a chronologi- cal list of debits and credits relating to a specified asset, li- ability, expense, or income of a business and forming part of the ledger;

5) a/ a regular client or cus- tomer, esp. a firm that pur- chases commodities on credit; b/ an area of business as- signed to another: They transferred their publicity account to a new agent.;

6) a contract to do work for a client

accountability

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Accounting Standards Committee,

 

 

the

accountability n the acknowl- edgement and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance, and implementation within the scope of the role or employment position and encompassing the obligation to report, explain, and be answerable

accountant n abbrev. ACCT syn.: comptroller; controller; auditor a person con- cerned with the maintenance and audit of business accounts and the preparation of consul- tant reports in tax and finance

accounting verbal noun abbrev. ACCT 1) a/ a convinc- ing explanation that reveals basic causes: He was unable to give a clear accounting forhis actions.;

b/ a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure, operation or circumstances, etc.: The explanation was very simple — I expected brief accounting.;

2) a system that provides quantitative information about finances;

3) the occupation of maintain- ing and auditing records and

preparing financial reports for a business;

4) a bookkeeper’s chronologi- cal list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts; 5) a statement of recent trans- actions and the resulting bal- ance: They send me an accounting every month.

Accounting Standards Com-

mittee, the BrE abbrev. ASC

it was a former organiza-

tion under the Consultative

Committee of Accountancy

Bodies (CCAB) in the United

Kingdom; the ASC’s duties in- cluded developing standards for financial reporting and accounting, recording these standards and communicating them through press releases and publications.

Commentary

Accounting scandals in the late 1960s and early 1970s prompted the formation of the Accounting Standards Committee to issue accounting standards. It existed between

1976 and 1990. In 1990 the

Accounting Standards Board took over its responsibilities, which was then replaced by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in 2001. The IASB issues ac-

accounts payable

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adverse opinion report,

 

 

Adverse Opinion report

counting standards within the United Kingdom and collabo- rates with other countries’ ac- counting standard-setters.

accounts payable noun phrase us. pl. abbrev. AP accounts within the general ledger that represents a company’s obli- gation to pay off a short-term debt to its creditors or suppliers

accounts receivable noun phrase us. pl. abbrev­ . AR a creditor’s accounts of money owed to him; normally arise from the sale of products or services

accrual n oft. pl. ACCT & BKG a charge incurred in one ac- counting period that has not been paid by the end of it

ACCT abbrev. Vid account n ACCT abbrev. Vid accountant n

ACCT abbrev. Vid accounting verbal noun

actuary n a business profession- al who deals with the measure- ment and management of risk and uncertainty; these risks can affect both sides of the balance sheet and require asset management, liability man- agement, and valuation skills

ADA abbrev. Vid audit data analytics noun phrase

ADA alert noun phrase Vid audit data analytics alert noun phrase

ADP audit(s) noun phrase sing.& pl. abbrev. Vid automated data processing audit(s) noun phrase sing. & pl. in: information technology audit(s) noun phrase sing. & pl.

adt abbrev. Vid audit n

ADT abbrev. Vid auditing verbal noun

advanced

audit

notice,

a. advance audit

notice

noun phrases a notification, signal, or sign that something is going to happen or is expected to happen

adverse opinion report, a. Adverse Opinion report noun phrases an Adverse Opinion is issued when the auditor determines that the financial statements of an au- ditee are materially misstated and, when considered as a whole, do not conform with

GAAP. It is the opposite of an unqualified or clean opinion, essentially stating that the information contained is materi-

AG

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allowance(s)

ally incorrect, unreliable, and inaccurate in order to assess the auditee’s financial posi- tion and results of operations. Investors, lending institutions, and governments very rarely accept an auditee’s financial statements if the auditor issued an adverse opinion, and usually request the auditee to correct the financial state- ments and obtain another audit report

AG abbrev. Vid auditor general, Auditor General noun phrases

ageing or aging verbal nouns the process of growing old or developing the appearance and characteristics of old age deterioration

agreement n 1) the act of agreeing;

2) a settlement, esp. one that is legally enforceable; cov- enant; treaty;

3) a contract or document containing such a settlement; 4) the state of being of the same opinion; concord; har- mony;

5) the state of being similar or consistent; correspondence; conformity;

6) LING the determination of the inflectional form of one

word by some grammatical feature, such as number or gender, of another word, esp. one in the same sentence, a. k. a. concord;

7) collective agreement, na- tional agreement

AICPA abbrev­ . AmE Vid Ameri- can Institute of Certified Pub- lic Accountants, the AmE

AIG abbrev. AmE Vid American Group, Inc., the AmE

allowance(s) n sing. & pl.

1) an amount of something, esp. money or food, given or allotted usually at regular in- tervals;

2) a discount, as in consider- ation for something given in part exchange or to increase business; rebate;

3) BrE an amount of a per- son’s income that is not sub- ject to a particular tax and is therefore deducted before his or her liability to taxation is assessed;

4) a portion set aside to com- pensate for something or to cover special expenses;

5) EDN BrE a salary supple- ment given to a teacher who is appointed to undertake ex- tra duties and responsibilities; 6) admission; concession;

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