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Please teach me this sentence meaning below.

"I'm in the accounting business."
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Please teach me this sentence meaning below.

"I'm in the accounting business."
It means he works for an accounting firm...bookkeeping, corporate finances. The person is probably an accountant but not necessarily so.
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