| 单词 | cookie-jar accounting |
| 释义 | > as lemmascookie-jar accounting b. As a modifier, designating or relating to an accounting practice in which a company sets aside money when it is performing well and uses it in later years to conceal declining profits or losses, as in cookie-jar accounting, cookie-jar reserves, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > specific processes allowance1528 allocation1535 writing1732 liquidating1749 set-off1766 write-back1873 whack1885 clear-up1901 virement1902 accrual accounting1915 writedown1920 accruals accounting1963 cookie jar1975 1975 R. E. Cheney in Crit. Issues in Public Relations (Hill & Knowlton, Inc.) iii. 32 We now find companies burying earnings whenever possible through what has come to be called cookie jar accounting. Five years ago, a manager was much more apt to let the future take care of itself. 1998 USA Today 29 Sept. b3 Among accounting trickery he cited..‘cookie jar reserves’..taken in good times but used in bad times to hide falling earnings. 2015 F. F. Wherry & J. Schor SAGE Encycl. Econ. & Society 19/1 Cookie jar accounting may make investors happy in the short term, but it tends to cause major concerns further down the line. < as lemmas |
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