what is the meaning of accountant,accounting & accountancy
& account?

Answer Posted / arijit roy

A statement showing details of all financial transactions
in a systematic way of a certain head is an account .

A person who is responsible for maintaing all accounts in
an organisation is an accountant.

The act of preparing and maintaining accounts is accounting.

And the subject dealing in accounts is Accountancy.

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