Meaning of accounts In English

• 0 an official record of all the money a person or company has spent and received:

  • I keep my own accounts.

• 1 the set of official records that show the financial situation of a company and what it has spent, received, borrowed, etc. in a particular period:

  • The company's accounts reveal that its highest-paid director received a salary of €307,000.

  • annual/monthly/quarterly accounts In its first full set of annual accounts, the company recorded a pre-tax loss of €93,377.

  • latest/most recent accounts The latest accounts for the year ending March 31 show that sales dipped by $1.4m to $19m.

  • The company secretary is responsible for submitting the audited accounts to the Registrar of Companies.

• 2 the department in a company or organization that prepares its financial information:

  • I received a memo from a junior clerk in accounts.