ALL meanings of creative accounting
cre·a·tive ac·count·ing
C c - uncountable noun creative accounting Creative accounting is when companies present or organize their accounts in such a way that they gain money for themselves or give a false impression of their profits. 3
- noun creative accounting the practice of using loopholes in financial regulations to present figures in a misleadingly favourable light 3
- noun creative accounting (business, euphemistic, sometimes humorous) Financial accounting practices which are usually not explicitly illegal, but which are unorthodox, imaginative, usually misleading, and of questionable ethics. 0