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Re:The vanished grandeur of accounting by pnathan on Monday June 23, 2014 @03:27PM (#7933994)
There is a wisdom here, lieing in the English name: accounting, to hold accountable, to reckon up the debts and mete out justly and rightly.

It's something worth pondering and considering it as a righteous practice.

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Re:The vanished grandeur of accounting by pcrh on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @07:30AM (#7937118)
The origin of the words "audit" and "auditor" is also interesting. The auditor would receive (listen to) the state of affairs/finances as described to him and then report that to his master.
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