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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "räkenskap"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "dalubtuusan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "palatuusan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "tuusan"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kaṇakku vaḻakku",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "கணக்கு வழக்கு"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-ban-chii",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "การบัญชี"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "buxhaltérija",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бухгалте́рія"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "kế toán"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"accounting"
],
"word": "accounting"
}
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