Accounting practices that follow required laws and regulations, but deviate from what those standards intend to accomplish. Creative accounting capitalizes on loopholes in the accounting

To make an entry in an account representing a decrease in the value of assets or an increase in the amount of liabilities.(http://accountingdictionary.org/dictionary/credit/)

A journal entry recording an increase in assets. With cash basis accounting, credits are recorded when income is received. With accrual basis accounting, credits are

An official whose job it is to carefully check the accuracy of business records. (source: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/auditor.asp)

A control, esp a rapid or informal one, designed to ensure accuracy, progress, etc (source: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/checking)

Record of money transactions. A record of receipts and payments of cash, checks, or other forms of money transfer (source: http://www.qfinance.com/dictionary/cash-account)