accounting provisions

collocation in English

meaningsofaccountingandprovision

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accounting
noun[U]
uk
/əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/
us
/əˈkaʊn.t̬ɪŋ/
the skill or activity of keeping records of the money a person or organization earns ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofaccountingandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The only formal directions given to the railways board in recent years concernaccountingprovisionand loan repayments.
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This is more of a technicalaccountingprovision.
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What are the accounting provisions between one member of the group and another?
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Therefore, it would be quite anomalous to have special accounting provisions simply for 25 authorities whose powers were being restored.
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Clauses 2(5) and 2(6) are standard financial and accounting provisions.
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The unpredictability of accounting provisions is a severe worry to employers.
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There is another fundamental objection to the inclusion of such accounting provisions.
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He will be aware that some of these affect the accounting provisions.
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We have made a number of valuable technical improvements to the accounting provisions.
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A potential violation of the accounting provisions could range anywhere from a single transaction recorded incorrectly to other errors in the accounting records.
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