Coding and Berating

noun

• Act of writing in code or cipher.
  • synonyms: cryptography, secret writing, steganography

verb

• Attach a code to.
  • usage: "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
  • synonyms: code
• Convert ordinary language into code.
  • usage: "We should encode the message for security reasons"
  • synonyms: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

In accounting, is the assignation of the proper account code to invoices.

noun

• A severe rebuke.
  • usage: "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
  • synonyms: blowing up

verb

• Censure severely or angrily.
  • usage: "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
  • synonyms: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast