accountant

[ uh-koun-tnt ]

noun

1. a person whose profession is inspecting and auditing personal or commercial accounts and providing financial advice to the account holders.

accountant

/ əˈkaʊntənt /

noun

1. a person concerned with the maintenance and audit of business accounts and the preparation of consultant reports in tax and finance

Other Words From

• ac·count·ant·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of accountant¹

First recorded in 1425–75; account + -ant; replacing late Middle English accomptant, from Middle French, Old French acuntant, present participle of acunter “to account ”

Example Sentences

The accountant thought it was me and was calling to tell me to go easy.

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“The situation is bad,” 28-year-old former accountant and Donetsk native Victor told me.

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Kenneth Yormark, forensic accountant based in New York, says its whereabouts is still a mystery.

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According to the announcement, van der Sloot will wed 24-year-old Leidy Carol Figueroa Uceda, an accountant who lives in Lima.

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He took along his brother, Roberto, who was the cartel's accountant.

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There was another personality that loomed large, in those years, on the Midland—Samuel Swarbrick, the accountant.

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Paul de Gery knew this through Joyeuse, who was now a stock-broker's accountant and well up in the doings on the Bourse.

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The accountant-general acts as a piece of machinery would act.

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What has preceded shows how simple, unobtrusive, passive is the part played by the accountant-general.

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They would need the best accountant they could find for the quick work they had promised Braceway.

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Related Words

• actuary
• analyst
• auditor
• bookkeeper
• clerk