auditor

American  

[aw-di-ter] / ˈɔ dɪ tər /

noun

1. a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.

2. a university student registered for a course without credit and without obligation to do work assigned to the class.

3. a hearer; listener.

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auditor British  

/ ˈɔːdɪtə /

noun

1. a person qualified to audit accounts

2. a person who hears or listens

3. a registered student who attends a class that is not an official part of his course of study, without actively participating it

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Other Word Forms

• auditorial adjective
• auditorship noun
• subauditor noun
• superauditor noun

Etymology

Origin of auditor

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English auditour, from Anglo-French, from Latin audītor “hearer,” from audī(re) “to hear” + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

In Monterey County, $90,000 hiring bonuses are common at private hospitals struggling to fill their own vacancies, staff told state auditors.

From Los Angeles Times

PromoVeritas, the company which verifies the show's public vote, said all the votes it receives are "validated" and "independently and comprehensively verified by two auditors".

From BBC

The AI auditor, for instance, would perform regular checkups—weekly, monthly or even daily, depending on the industry—to see if the AI systems produced results that were unfairly skewed in some direction.

From The Wall Street Journal

Developers would also have to implement and disclose safeguards to prevent such harm, retain a third party auditor to review them, and publish the auditor’s report.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are complications that AI adds to the business development relationship required under the auditor independence rules.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accountant
• actuary
• bookkeeper