auditor

[aw-di-ter]

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.

auditor

/ 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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of auditor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of auditor¹

C14: from Old French auditeur, from Latin audītor a hearer

Example Sentences

Firms currently have to pay for internal and external auditors, the preparation of the actual reports, legal reviews, and more each quarter.

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A home auditor typically examines a home in a handful of ways.

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The country's Securities Regulatory Commission found that PwC, as the auditor, had "covered up and even condoned" financial fraud at Evergrande.

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The complaint, and the focus on the controller’s signature mascots, has sent the race for the city’s top auditor position in an unusual direction.

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Those were eventually published on 30 October, showing a pre-tax loss of more than £2bn and evidence that the auditor was still not satisfied with the figures going back several years.

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