The position, role, or profession of being an accountant; the office or status of an accountant.
From accountant + -ship suffix. The -ship suffix (meaning position or state) transforms accountant into a noun denoting the professional role itself, common in occupational terminology.
The -ship suffix is ancient (found in words like 'friendship' and 'kingship') but when attached to modern professions like accountant, it creates oddly formal terms that businesses rarely use anymore.
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