I-Accounting okanye i-accountancy, yi-measurement, nokuphicothwa kolwazi oluphangaleleyo ngoqoqosho olwenziwa ngemali kwii-Economic entities. Xa kusenziwa lo umlinganiselo, ulwazi luyathethwa okanye luyancokolwa. I-accounting nebisoloko isaziwa ngokuba ""Lulwimi loshishino"" yenza umlinganiselo weziphumo zoqoqosho olwenziwa zizinto ngezinto ezenzeka apha embuthweni. Ize ke yona i-Accounting izihambise ezi ziphumo kubo bonke abantu abanokuzisebenzisa, kuquka ii-investors, ii-creditors, i-management kunye nee-regulators. Abantu abasebenza nge-accounting kuthiwa zii-Accountants.