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1
an
official
record
of all the money a person or
company
has
spent
and
received
:
Examples:
I keep my own accounts.
2
the set of
official
records
that show the
financial
situation
of a
company
and what it has
spent
,
received
,
borrowed
, etc. in a
particular
period
:
Examples:
The company's accounts
reveal
that
its
highest-paid
director
received
a
salary
of €307,000.
annual
/
monthly
/
quarterly
accounts In
its
first full set of
annual
accounts, the
company
recorded
a pre-tax
loss
of €93,377.
latest
/most
recent
accounts The
latest
accounts for the year
ending
March
31 show that
sales
dipped
by $1.4m to $19m.
The
company
secretary
is
responsible
for
submitting
the
audited
accounts to the
Registrar
of
Companies
.
3
the
department
in a
company
or
organization
that
prepares
its
financial
information
:
Examples:
I
received
a
memo
from a
junior
clerk
in accounts.
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