accountancyac‧coun‧tan‧cy /əˈkaʊntənsi/ noun [uncountable] British English 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Collocations- Applicants must be qualified and experienced in accountancy and office administration.
- Clear definitions covering fields of accountancy, marketing, production and business administration.
- Foster's office bookcase contains about equal numbers of books on chemistry and on accountancy.
- Their purpose is to examine different aspects of the relationship between law and accountancy.
- This user friendly package is designed to meet the needs of all sized chartered accountancy practices.
- Thursdays are for more general appointments and those in banking, accountancy, engineering and management.
- To commemorate the move, the accountancy firm, Peat Marwick, has produced a booklet of budget trivia.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the accountancy/accounting profession
the profession or work of keeping or checking financial accounts, calculating taxes etc· Many economics graduates enter the accountancy profession.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► chartered· Her young men hitherto had been in the City, or in advertising, chartered accountancy, or even television.· This user friendly package is designed to meet the needs of all sized chartered accountancy practices.· Partner in Blinkhorn's chartered accountancy firm.· Similarly, accountants, say, move between chartered accountancy partnerships and industry.
NOUN► body· This degree will provide the graduate with an excellent basis for pursuing a professional qualification with one of the accountancy bodies.
► firm· Those attending the seminar were overwhelmingly from accountancy firms - excluding myself, 23 of the 26 participants.· To commemorate the move, the accountancy firm, Peat Marwick, has produced a booklet of budget trivia.· He went to the top eight accountancy firms in London, all of which offered him a job.· In an accountancy firm one charity would be dumped with one partner, another with another.· Partner in Blinkhorn's chartered accountancy firm.· If further interest is expressed we convey such interest to the accountancy firm acting for the vendor.· There is considerable rivalry between banks and accountancy firms when it comes to giving corporate financial advice.· It is notable that the large accountancy firms now refer to themselves as' professional service firms'.
► profession· There will be no outcry from the corporate sector about the disarray in the accountancy profession.· On the other hand the accountancy profession has only contributed, to a limited extent, to improving commercial and professional accountability.· For over a century the accountancy profession has built its reputation on three foundation stones: objectivity, integrity and competence.· The bases and policies used by the audit should be generally acceptable both to the accountancy profession and to the business community.· The problems faced by the accountancy profession are of its own making.· Many proceed to the accountancy profession or financial institutions but a wide range of other employment is available.