Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that audits accounts.
- noun One who audits a course.
- noun One who hears; a listener.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hearer; one who listens to what is said; a member of an auditory.
- noun Same as
audient , n. - noun A person appointed and authorized to examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the result.
- noun One of certain officers of high rank at the papal court: so called from their connection with business treated of in audiences with the pope: as, auditor of the apostolic chamber; auditor of the pope; auditors of the Roman rota (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A hearer or listener.
- noun 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.
- noun One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
audits bookkeeping accounts. - noun In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a
comptroller . - noun One who
audits anacademic course; who attends thelectures but does not earn academic credit. - noun rare One who listens as a member of an
audience - noun Scientology One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit
- noun a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization
- noun someone who listens attentively
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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From the end of the twelfth century, however, owing to the increasing number of these cases and to the more detailed and complicated procedure, the popes appointed for each case either a cardinal or one of their chaplains, and sometimes a bishop, to arrange for the suit, hear the evidence of the litigants (hence the term auditor), and then make a report to thc pope, who would give his decision personally or in a Consistory.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The auditor is currently a Republican who will most likely be re-elected.
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In business, an auditor is someone fully versed in business and accounting — the area they are auditing.
Do “Many eyeballs make all bugs shallow”? | Serendipity 2009
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I think the city auditor is the final arbiter here.
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The headline, "Politics delay citizen input on auditor", is diplomatic.
Sound Politics: "Democrats delay citizen input on auditor" 2006
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The auditor is pretty much a done deal unless Ferguson recants which is unlikely.
Sound Politics: Testify to the King County Council on behalf of an elected auditor 2006
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Coming out against an elected auditor is a losing proposition.
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I think more than Skagit Co auditor is to blame for this probme.
Sound Politics: Mail Ballot Horror Show(XXII): Misprinted ballots 2006
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I have an auditor from the Washington Department of Revenue in my office right now auditing my last two years sales tax returns.
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I have an auditor from the Washington Department of Revenue in my office right now auditing my last two years sales tax returns.
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