| 单词 | to adjust the accounts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto adjust the accounts (also books) c. transitive. Finance. To settle, balance, or audit (an account or financial record). Also figurative. Chiefly in to adjust the accounts (also books). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > audit control1422 opposec1475 audit1557 appose1601 fit1653 adjust1676 1676 G. Carew Fraud & Oppress. Detected & Arraigned 12 He would..account or adjust the books of the Company. 1692 W. Sherlock Pract. Disc. Future Judgem. (ed. 2) 131 Every Steward..casts up his Books, and adjusts his Accounts himself, before he presents them to his Lord. 1743 Law for & against Bankrupts 165 The Master, who shall settle and adjust such Bill, shall have and receive for his Care in adjusting the same,..the sum of 20s. 1787 J. Fraser Answer to Charges R. Stewart 119 I..became very importunate with Colonel Hannay to adjust the account. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 650 Balances, which appeared on adjusting the books of the Presidency. 1845 P. K. Kilbourn Family Memorial 132 He was transferred to the Litchfield Branch Bank, for the purpose of adjusting the books. 1885 M. M. Kirkman How to collect Railway Revenue without Loss v. 195 In adjusting the account of a delinquent agent, credit may be allowed. 1913 Journeyman Barber June 222/2 The little ledgers are mighty important in helping to adjust the finances of the local. 1967 Times 15 June 25/6 The solution lies not in adjusting the books but in tackling the economic realities. 2003 S. L. Edgar Morality & Machines (ed. 2) v. 176 He would take cash from the bank vault, and then adjust the books on the bank's computers to cover the loss. < as lemmas |
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