How to Use accountancy in a Sentence

accountancy

noun
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  • The school boasts high pass rates for the state public accountancy exams.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
  • Clearly, accountancy was not the path Couji was destined to take.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Spreadsheets have yet to send the accountants to the dole queue, because there is more to accountancy than making columns of figures add up.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • In September, the British music trade journal Music Week named the company accountancy firm of the year.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Is public accountancy, as some of the characters in the novel insist, a moral vocation?
    — Jon Baskin, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
  • Workers, too, worry that their job will be the next to be automated, a threat that has shifted from the factory floor to middle-class jobs in accountancy, law and finance.
    — The Economist, 26 May 2018
  • Kramer and her husband gave the naming gift for JCU’s accountancy and information sciences school.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 3 June 2019
  • Earlier this month, British accountancy software company, Sage got in on the act.
    — Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • That means professions such as architecture, accountancy and consulting will be harder to sell in to the bloc.
    — Edward Evans, Bloomberg.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • According to Deloitte, an accountancy firm, six of the ten wealthiest clubs in the world by revenue are from the Premier League, whose teams have benefited from broadcast deals worth £8.1bn over the last three years.
    — 1843, 7 June 2019
  • Nonetheless, a Melbourne boutique accountancy firm has chosen the area for a team-building retreat.
    — Marion Winik, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Two female partners at KPMG, an accountancy group, recently left out of concern at the behaviour of a male colleague.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • Before launching the firm, Jefferson spent the past eight years as an account manager at an accountancy corporation.
    — Katie Krzaczek, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Carbon accountancy is a priority, but there should be an emphasis on reducing the cause of emissions—not just offsetting through third parties.
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2022
  • In popular discourse, the economy was portrayed as a bundle of accountancy measures.
    — Jason Blakely, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • When released in 1913, Emmerich returned to accountancy.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2021
  • While Bock’s roots were in accountancy and finance, Brudermueller is centered more on research and operations.
    — Andrew Marc Noel, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2018
  • In order to address the accountancy skills gap within the creative sector and to ensure that the course is accessible to as many people as possible, Disney will underwrite 75% of all student course fees and will fully fund three students.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Many mid-level jobs have already been rendered obsolete in sectors such as architecture, law, accountancy, teaching, and medicine (and many more salaries, therefore, have been absorbed as corporate wealth).
    — Rana Dasgupta, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
  • At 31%, the gender gap in average pay in the sector is only topped by banking, according to the report by accountancy firm PwC and the Diversity Project, an industry group campaigning for a more inclusive culture in the sector.
    — Adrian Croft, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2019
  • In Canada, Christina worked for an accountancy company while Wahid rose up the ranks at an agricultural consulting company.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • Prior to founding his company, Walker served as senior counsel at the DuPont Co. and in business reorganization for a consulting and accountancy firm.
    — Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Global accountancy firm Deloitte has been hit by a sophisticated hack that resulted in a breach of confidential information and plans from some of its biggest clients, Britain's Guardian newspaper said on Monday.
    — Reuters, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2017
  • To avoid these dangers, the chief operating officer of BDO, an accountancy firm, has suggested that two chaperones attend seasonal celebrations, along with first-aiders.
    — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Prior to founding his company, Walker served as senior counsel at the DuPont Company and in business reorganization for a consulting and accountancy firm.
    — Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The group includes members from a range of perspectives and experiences, who represent state CPA societies, accounting firms of various sizes, and state boards of accountancy, along with education and business and industry.
    — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Wicker graduated from Mississippi State in 1992 with a degree in professional accountancy and got a masters in sports management from Georgia.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Janet Mosebach is an associate professor of accountancy at Boise State University.
    — Janet Mosebach, idahostatesman, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Services make up 80% of the U.K. economy and comprise a breadth of activities including IT, law, accountancy, insurance, consulting and architecture.
    — Deirdre Hipwell, Bloomberg.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Others have recently parted company with the accountancy firms that previously audited their books.
    — Clarence Leong, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022

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