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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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],
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "စာရင်းကိုင်ပညာ"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "會計"
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"word": "comptabilité"
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Buchhaltung"
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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{
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "회계"
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"code": "lo",
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"roman": "kān ban sī",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "ການບັນຊີ"
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"word": "apskaita"
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{
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"roman": "smetkovodstvo",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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{
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "perakaunan"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "hesâbdâri",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "حسابداری"
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{
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rachunkowość"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "księgowość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contabilidade"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contabilitate"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "buxgaltérija",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бухгалте́рия"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sčetovódstvo",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "счетово́дство"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
],
"word": "рачуноводство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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"word": "računovodstvo"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
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"word": "účtovníctvo"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "računovodstvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contabilidad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "bokföring"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "räkenskap"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "dalubtuusan"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "palatuusan"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
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{
"code": "ta",
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"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"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions",
"word": "kế toán"
}
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"accounting"
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