audit
noun
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
auditing
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present participleof audit.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Shivaram Rajgopal is a contributor for The Wall Street Journal and the Kester and Byrnes professor of accounting and auditing at Columbia Business School.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In the recording, the officer is heard saying that the office’s auditing team was cut by the state and that the office doesn’t have the resources to proactively perform audits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That’s asking a lot, however, since my auditing firm’s tracking of market-timing newsletters finds that successful market timing is no easier with bonds than it is with stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Osman, who is from Leicester in the UK, has lived in Malawi for several years and works for an auditing firm.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Unnerved, Oppenheimer confided that every other registered student had already done the same—the hall was filled with students auditing the course for no credit, struggling to understand the subject matter without risking a grade.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
