accounting

ac*count*ing

noun

{bc}the system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions and analyzing, verifying, and reporting the results

account

verb

{bc}to furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

cost accounting

noun

{bc}the systematic recording and analysis of the costs of material, labor, and overhead incident to production

there's no accounting for taste

idiom

{bc}there is no way to understand why some people like something while other people do not