Tilittää

Tilittä (infinitive tilittää) is a Finnish verb meaning to render an account or to report and justify actions or expenditures to an authority or stakeholder. It is used in formal contexts such as audits, financial reporting, and administrative procedures, where someone is required to provide a detailed accounting or justification for the use of resources, decisions, or events. In corporate governance and public administration, officials may be obliged to tilittää how funds were used or how outcomes were achieved.

The word is derived from tili, a term related to accounts, and uses the common Finnish -ttää verb ending. Tilittää belongs to the group of Finnish -ttää verbs and follows regular conjugation patterns in standard Finnish. The related noun tilittäminen denotes the act of rendering an account, while tilittäjä can refer to a person who performs such accounting or reporting.

Usage notes: tilittää is typically used with objects referring to resources or events that require explanation. Common collocations include tilittää varat (to account for funds), tilittää tapahtumat (to report what happened), and tilittää edistymistä (to report progress). In official contexts, providing a thorough tilitys or tilitys is often a prerequisite for approvals or audits.

See also: tilitys, tilittäminen, tilittäjä. These terms are related in the sense of accounting, reporting, and settlement.