单词 | creative accounting |
释义 | > as lemmascreative accounting creative accounting n. the modification of accounts to achieve a desired end; falsification of accounts that is misleading but not necessarily illegal. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > misleading window dressing1892 creative accounting1967 creative accountancy1981 1967Creative accounting [see sense 1c]. 1986 Tribune 12 Sept. 3/2 The working party on local government finance will look first at the extent of creative accounting, particularly deferred purchase schemes, which councils have used to get round government restrictions. 2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 4 Creative accounting to take advantage of low tax rates means that productivity estimates for these firms are greatly exaggerated. < as lemmas |
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