Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double counting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble -count-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An error in accounting, probability studies, etc. whereby some object or transaction is counted more than once.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A method in combinatorics that proves two expressions to be equal by demonstrating that they are different ways of counting the same set.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of double count

Usage

Inflected Forms

double countings (plural)

Questions

What does double counting mean?: An error in accounting, probability studies, etc. whereby some object or transaction is counted more than once.

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