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Discover LudwigThe phrase "accounting error" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a mistake or discrepancy in financial records or bookkeeping.
Example: "The audit revealed an accounting error that resulted in an overstatement of revenue."
Alternatives: "financial mistake" or "bookkeeping error".
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Maybe there had been an accounting error.
The deficiency was at first attributed to an accounting error.
The smallest was 63 cents, for an accounting error.
The accounting error "is really serious," he said.
Plus, an accounting error by one of the companies involved delayed things for a while.
These payments continued for six-and-a-half years before the accounting error was spotted.
"The potential consequences of this bioenergy accounting error are immense," the committee wrote.
We made an accounting error: it's behind girls, cars, surfing, drinking, food, technology, space travel, dogs, boys, and other topics.
The change stemmed from a possible accounting error for investments made before July 1 , 2001 El Paso said.
Their articles were also cited with regard to the $3.8 billion accounting error that WorldCom reported last year.
Initially, MF Global attributed a shortfall of more than $1 billion in customer money to an "accounting error," records show.
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