contabilidad

Definitions of contabilidad
  1. noun
    the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
    synonyms: contabilización, contaduría
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    escandallo
    keeping account of the costs of items in production
    teneduría de libros
    the activity of recording business transactions
    cálculo de costes
    cost accounting
    contabilidad por partida simple
    a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account
    contabilidad por partida doble
    bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
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    ocupación
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  2. noun
    a system that provides quantitative information about finances
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    balanza de pagos
    a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year
    c/c, cta cte, cuenta corriente
    that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
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    sistema
    a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
  3. noun
    a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
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    lucro
    an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
    planilla
    an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses
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    declaración financiera, estado de cuentas
    a document showing credits and debits
  4. noun
    a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
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    haber
    account of payments received; usually the right side of a financial statement
    debe, pasivo
    account of payments owed; usually the left side of a financial statement
    audito, auditoría, control, intervención, revisión de cuentas
    an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
    salida
    an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
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    registro
    a book in which names and transactions are listed
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