accountant
[uh-koun-tnt]
- a person whose profession is inspecting and auditing personal or commercial accounts.
Show More
Origin of accountant
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for accountant
Contemporary Examples
The accountant thought it was me and was calling to tell me to go easy.
According to the announcement, van der Sloot will wed 24-year-old Leidy Carol Figueroa Uceda, an accountant who lives in Lima.
He took along his brother, Roberto, who was the cartel's accountant.
Your query will be answered with a blank stare, followed by a long pause and half-hearted reply: My accountant?
Roy Halston Frowick was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1932, the son of a Norwegian-American accountant.
Historical Examples
Here you have room for an accountant or two and your secretary.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
I "run down" the accountant because he was either ignorant or corrupt.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
He knows, however, that you are the accountant who has that part of the business in charge.'
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
Perhaps your friend Wentworth, being an accountant, may know more about it.'
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
So she hastened her steps, still followed, however, by the accountant.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
accountant
- a person concerned with the maintenance and audit of business accounts and the preparation of consultant reports in tax and finance
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for accountant
n.
mid-15c., "accounting officer, one who renders accounts," from Old French acuntant (Modern French accomptant), from present participle of accompter (see account). Sense of "professional maker of accounts" is recorded from 1530s. The word also was an adjective in Middle English, "accountable; liable to render accounts" (early 15c.).
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper