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auditor
[ aw-di-ter ]
/ ËÉ dÉȘ tÉr /
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noun
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.
a university student registered for a course without credit and without obligation to do work assigned to the class.
a hearer; listener.
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Origin of auditor
1300â50; Middle English auditour<Anglo-French <Latin audÄ«tor hearer, equivalent to audÄ«(re) to hear + -tor-tor
OTHER WORDS FROM auditor
au·di·tor·ship, nounsub·au·di·tor, nounsu·per·au·di·tor, nounWords nearby auditor
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British Dictionary definitions for auditor
auditor
/ (ËÉËdÉȘtÉ) /
noun
a person qualified to audit accounts
a person who hears or listens
Australian, US and Canadian a registered student who attends a class that is not an official part of his course of study, without actively participating it
Derived forms of auditor
auditorial, adjectiveWord Origin for auditor
C14: from Old French auditeur, from Latin audītor a hearer
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