simple past tense and past participle of account to

(colloquial) On account of the fact that; because.

As something to be reckoned up as part of final payments; on credit.

under no circumstances

(accounting) The total revenue minus costs properly chargeable against goods sold.

(economics) The total amount of money or goods expended in an endeavour. It is money paid out at some time in the past and recorded in journal entries and ledgers.

(finance) Those accounting activities related to tax.

In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.

plural of accounting profit

(business, euphemistic, sometimes humorous) Financial accounting practices which are usually not explicitly illegal, but which are unorthodox, imaginative, usually misleading, and of questionable ethics.