ACCOUNTABLENESS
Ac*count"a*ble ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
ACCOUNTABLY
Ac*count"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In an accountable manner.
ACCOUNTANCY
Ac*count"an*cy, n.
Defn: The art or employment of an accountant.
ACCOUNTANT
Ac*count"ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr.]
1. One who renders account; one accountable.
2. A reckoner.
3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.