AUDITOR

auditor

(noun) a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization

auditor

(noun) a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit

hearer, listener, auditor, attender

(noun) someone who listens attentively

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

auditor

one who audits bookkeeping accounts

in many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller

one who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit

(rare) one who listens, typically as a member of an audience

(Scientology) one trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures

Source: Wiktionary


Au"di*tor, n. Etym: [L. auditor, fr. audire. See Audible, a.]

1. A hearer or listener. Macaulay.

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.

Note: In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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