accountant, comptroller, controller
(noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
accountant (plural accountants)
One who renders account; one accountable.
A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
(accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
(accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
• First attested in the early 15th century.
accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant)
(obsolete) Accountable.
• (adjective): Followed by the word to.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*count"ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr.]
1. One who renders account; one accountable.
2. A reckoner.
3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.
Ac*count"ant, a.
Definition: Accountable. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 November 2024
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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
