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- noun Plural form of
accounting .
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Examples
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In one of the longest-term accountings of ecological degradation, the China academy for environmental planning calculated that the cost of pollution spills, deteriorating soil, vanishing wetlands, and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan £130bn in 2008.
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In one of the longest-term accountings of ecological degradation, the China academy for environmental planning calculated that the cost of pollution spills, deteriorating soil, vanishing wetlands, and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan £130bn in 2008.
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An act of justice now will be worth a thousand future "accountings" after the long agony of the world is over.
The Case of Edith Cavell A Study of the Rights of Non-Combatants 1898
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As contractors become fixtures on the national security landscape and as the public starts demanding numerical accountings, will workarounds diminish in strategic value?
David Isenberg: We Don't Need No Stinking Democracy David Isenberg 2010
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The disclosure was one of the first detailed accountings of how much damage manufacturers suffered because of the earthquake, which is believed to have affected dozens of factories.
Firms Assess the Damage From Quake Don Clark 2011
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So far, however, only $750 has been accounted for; but the liars 'banquet disseminated by Kroger may eventually suggest additional accountings.
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Now we know how far we have to go after doing these accountings.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: 10 Things New Year's Can Learn From Rosh Hashanah Rabbi Yonah Bookstein 2011
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As contractors become fixtures on the national security landscape and as the public starts demanding numerical accountings, will workarounds diminish in strategic value?
David Isenberg: We Don't Need No Stinking Democracy David Isenberg 2010
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It's time we asked ALL of our elected officials to submit detailed accountings of how they are spending our money.
Legislators dismiss most ethics charges against Sanford 2009
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Zippo now gets about 60% of its sales outside the U.S. China, its biggest foreign market, accountings for about 10% of sales.
Zippo Preps for a Post-Smoker World James R. Hagerty 2011
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