The biggest factor in stopping distances is the speed at which a driver reacts to seeing the hazard in question. Under ordinary driving conditions, very few drivers indeed can get onto the brakes within half a second, and two-thirds of a second to a full second is more typical.2.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: accountancy(Noun) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements. Accounting includes bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
Legal Definition of accounting. 1  1 : an often court-ordered presentment or examination of accounts a complete accounting would be necessary to determine the nature of the expenditures â Case & Comment. 2  2 : the settlement by judicial action of the assets of a partnership (as upon dissolution)