ACCOUNTING
balance the accounts and balance the books
to determine through accounting that accounts are in balance, that all money is accounted for.Jane was up all night balancing the accounts.The cashier was not allowed to leave the bank until the manager balanced the books.
cook the accounts
to cheat in bookkeeping; to make the accounts appear to balance when they do not.Jane was sent to jail for cooking the accounts of her mother's store.It's hard to tell whether she really cooked the accounts or just didn't know how to add.