component part

  • 131accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… …

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  • 132element — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. component, part, substance, constituent, ingredient; factor, principle, rudiment, fundamental. See cause, composition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A part] Syn. component, constituent, factor, ingredient,… …

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