\”accountancy\”, \”accounting\”

2010-03-14 5:48 am

What is the difference between "accountancy" and "accounting"? US and UK spelling? or they have different meaning?
I would like to know which word means "會計學". Since when I checked the Yahoo! Dictionary, both mean "會計學". However, when I checked my printed dictionary, "accountancy" only means "會計業"... So, can someone tells me the true. As I am a very strange person that I only like and want to use the UK english, please tell me whether they are either British or American, thanks a lot.

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I have checked Google and Yahoo! dictionary already. Please do not ask me to check the dictionary by myself or even copy and paste the pages.

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Man Wai

2010-03-14 8:55 am

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They are definitely different. There is nothing to do with either British or Amerian English.
Accountancy (會計業) is the profession or business of an accountant. This is not a study of accounting. This is the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business.
Accounting (會計學) is the bookkeeping methods involved in making a financial record of business transactions and in the preparation of statements concerning the assets, liabilities and operating results of a business.

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